?s=20This, ladies and gentlemen, is how you deal with cartels.
— Samson Ogola (@SamsonOgola) June 10, 2023
1. Name them, then...
2. Expose their evil operations...and finally...
3. Shame them!@CecilyMbarire you did Kenyans proud!
Sasa Kazi kwa Riggy G to make coffee farming great again! pic.twitter.com/ZFoIu5AW4Z
What percentage of kenya coffee is bought by 4 local "cartel"? What's is their margin when they resell to global buyers? Marketing companies only get 2% of sale price. Last year prices were the highest in record, there were no cartels? Coffee is a commodity prices determined by global economic forces. They should compare farmers coffee prices with other countries e.g. ethiopia or columbia .
What percentage of coffee produced is Grade 1 i.e AA, AB and PB? Coffee production per kg should be ksh.40, the increased production cost(including labour) is much bigger problem than market opacity. The future of coffee production is small estate and increased local coffee consumption.
The conference meetings are complete waste of time.
They will 'reconcile' once they find these are Kenyatta's and ndinasties money laundering vehicles.
State Capture Commission would have gone deeper than Mbarire. There is no one to go after global conglomerates while we are all over begging them to come.
Exactly. It Ruto major failed promise.Kenyans elected a wolf to watch over their flock, are you suprised?
Kenyans elected a wolf to watch over their flock, are you suprised?
But it same web of companies?Coffee brokers e.g ibero or dormans buy coffee from the auction and they don't buy at a cheaper rate than global merchant companies e.g louis drefus or cargill. All the coffee companies have milling, marketing and trading arms just like ktda. The dynasties(kenyatta) are marginal players in the coffee industry and pius ngugi of thika mills is actually being auctioned off. The boogey man of coffee is so called cartels, meanwhile specialty coffee farmers are making good returns using direct sale window. Coffee solution is producing high grade coffee and direct sales.
Clearly something is wrong.
Eve if they are scamming farmers 5bob - it still a lot of money.
Coffee board as regulator seem to have failed.What percentage of kenya coffee is bought by 4 local "cartel"? What's is their margin when they resell to global buyers? Marketing companies only get 2% of sale price. Last year prices were the highest in record, there were no cartels? Coffee is a commodity prices determined by global economic forces. They should compare farmers coffee prices with other countries e.g. ethiopia or columbia .
What percentage of coffee produced is Grade 1 i.e AA, AB and PB? Coffee production per kg should be ksh.40, the increased production cost(including labour) is much bigger problem than market opacity. The future of coffee production is small estate and increased local coffee consumption.
The conference meetings are complete waste of time.
Coffee brokers e.g ibero or dormans buy coffee from the auction and they don't buy at a cheaper rate than global merchant companies e.g louis drefus or cargill. All the coffee companies have milling, marketing and trading arms just like ktda. The dynasties(kenyatta) are marginal players in the coffee industry and pius ngugi of thika mills is actually being auctioned off. The boogey man of coffee is so called cartels, meanwhile specialty coffee farmers are making good returns using direct sale window. Coffee solution is producing high grade coffee and direct sales.
Kenyans elected a wolf to watch over their flock, are you suprised?
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/realtime/2023-06-12-they-killed-my-brother-gachagua-unearths-rot-in-coffee-sector/ this is the stupidity of it all.
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/realtime/2023-06-12-they-killed-my-brother-gachagua-unearths-rot-in-coffee-sector/ this is the stupidity of it all.
pius ngugi of thika mills is actually being auctioned
Specialty coffee is high quality coffee that's sold to craft coffee houses e.g intelligensia coffee or blue bottle. The low quality coffee is bought by coffee brokers and consolidators. Brokers don't need government once their license is issued , that's why they're called "cartels". Ruto when he was minister for agriculture gave license to nyambene coffee mills(the wife of the meru guy is a kalenjin), which now is struggling.Quotepius ngugi of thika mills is actually being auctioned
Is Pius going broke?
Also, why is it that specialty farmers can sell directly and not other regular farmers?
Also, ruto was the minister of agriculture at some point so I"m sure those brokers showed up in his office with suitcases and he knows who they are and how they work.
Listening to Francis Gaitho..problems seem to be corrupt cofee coop for smallholdersCooperative monopolies.
Cooperative monopolies.
Ruto when he was minister for agriculture gave license to nyambene coffee mills(the wife of the meru guy is a kalenjin), which now is struggling.
?s=20The coffee reforms have begun. We are hopeful @WilliamsRuto @rigathi
— Cecily Mbarire, MGH, EGH (@CecilyMbarire) June 16, 2023
Well done @mithika_Linturi pic.twitter.com/qoUnDEg7vB
All coffee license cancelled?s=20The coffee reforms have begun. We are hopeful @WilliamsRuto @rigathi
— Cecily Mbarire, MGH, EGH (@CecilyMbarire) June 16, 2023
Well done @mithika_Linturi pic.twitter.com/qoUnDEg7vB
Another lazy easy path.And the mess has started https://nation.africa/kenya/business/coffee-auction-remains-suspended-for-third-week-farmers-hit--4310222 . Early crop is going to fetch record low prices if it'll be sold at all. Coffee farmers from eastern province will suffer greatly since they produce bulk of the early crop. Government is going to blame cartels for fighting back or some other lame excuse . Liberalize the sector and let the chips fall where they may.
No firing and prosecution of those who have been issuing the licenses for abuse of offices.
The KPCUs thieves still living large as we plan to pump more money into the network.
Next year, we will hear how tonnes of coffee were 'lost' due to the cancellation confusion.
Another lazy easy path.And the mess has started https://nation.africa/kenya/business/coffee-auction-remains-suspended-for-third-week-farmers-hit--4310222 . Early crop is going to fetch record low prices if it'll be sold at all. Coffee farmers from eastern province will suffer greatly since they produce bulk of the early crop. Government is going to blame cartels for fighting back or some other lame excuse . Liberalize the sector and let the chips fall where they may.
No firing and prosecution of those who have been issuing the licenses for abuse of offices.
The KPCUs thieves still living large as we plan to pump more money into the network.
Next year, we will hear how tonnes of coffee were 'lost' due to the cancellation confusion.
Maybe we can now revive Chepkube. Some of you do not know history. Chepkube is a town at the Kenyan border to Uganda. It was used to smuggle coffee from Uganda to kenya in the 70's in the heydays of Idi Amin regime. Now it could be used to traffic coffee in the opposite direction. :DNot far fetched, we have to sell coffee somewhere. Already coffee traders have started sending samples to foreign buyers in rwanda and uganda.