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Coffee farmers irked by senator's claim on transition committee

A section of Murang'a Coffee farmers deliberating on the performance of the Nairobi Coffee Auction. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard]

The controversy surrounding the technical committee appointed on the transition of the Nairobi Coffee Exchange to the Coffee Exchange is causing ripples in the sector.

Kirinyaga Senator Kamau Murango recently claimed that areas producing more coffee had been sidelined during the appointment of the nine-member committee.

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