Cabinet Secretary for Cooperatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development, Hon Simon Kiprono Chelugui held a meeting at the Ministry’s Headquarters on Coffee reforms ahead of the Re-opening of the National Coffee Exchange tomorrow in Nairobi, Kenya. He was accompanied by PS State Department for Co-operatives Mr. Patrick Kilemi, CCD Mr. David Obonyo, among other high-level delegates present.
The Nairobi Coffee Exchange had been closed due to a lack of proper transition mechanisms from the coffee marketing agents to licensed farmers’ Co-operative unions.
Following the government directive, the exchange has been opened, and the bell-ringing ceremony is scheduled to take place tomorrow, 15th August 2023
The re-opening of the National Coffee Exchange in Nairobi is a significant step towards promoting fair trade and growth for coffee farmers and the industry as a whole.
11 farmers’ co-operative unions will take part in the trading and auction for the first time in the history of Kenya.