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Author: GEORGE NJUNGE\u00a0<\/strong>
\nAfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Coffee farmers in Kiambu, Githunguru and Komothai have uprooted their coffee trees to protest poor earnings.<\/p>\n

The farmers complained that Sh14 per kilo was not enough reward for the hard work they put in tending\u00a0to their\u00a0crop, adding that even the meagre payments are delayed for too long yet they have bills to pay.<\/p>\n

They argued that the cost of producing one kilo of coffee was approximately Sh35, hence the Sh14 pay even after processing was an insult to their sweat.Some of them have\u00a0planted vegetables, avocados and also embraced dairy farming.<\/p>\n

The farmers said they were disillusioned by cooperative society officials and brokers who they accused of taking advantage of poor systems to rip them off.\u00a0They also blamed county officials in charge of overseeing cooperatives, saying they have failed in their job.<\/p>\n

The farmers claim they\u00a0no longer receive fertilisers or knapsack sprayers, and the field officers who patrolled the vast plantations stopped doing so. Securing loans to improve their farms has also become impossible, spelling doom for the once lucrative venture.<\/p>\n

According to the farmers, production has gone down from\u00a014 million kilos to 1.5 million per year, an indication\u00a0of the hard times the coffee industry is undergoing.\u00a0Ndichu Muturi, a farmer, said Komothai was once a giant society but was now on its knees.<\/p>\n

\u201dIf the government does not rescue us from this misery, we are going to\u00a0uproot the bushes for other\u00a0profitable crops,\u201d he said.Muturi added that they elected 13 representatives to the society, but they have failed to look after their welfare.<\/p>\n

\u201dThe people who sell coffee sell at good price, but what gets to our pockets is peanuts. All our sweat ends up in other people\u2019s pockets; they don\u2019t care at all about our plight.\u201dHe wondered what happened to the good old days when farmers would receive wheelbarrows, pruning saws, fertilisers, and hefty perks.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to be allowed to process our coffee now. We are capable but some people opposed to this will go to any lengths to frustrate our empowerment so that they can benefit as individuals,\u201d Ndichu said.<\/p>\n

The coffee mills are all neglected, under performing and dens of conspiracy for theft, according to the farmers.\u201dWe get 20 per cent\u00a0cut from our pay\u00a0so that the money is used to pay coffee mills workers among other bills. According to records,\u00a0the workers have arrears of over 10 months or even one year,\u201d said Njenga Muchiri, another farmer.<\/p>\n

A spot check by africa-press confirmed the same. Some farmers are using the trees to burn charcoal while others have left them unattended for months. Kaboci Gacura, 70, a retired civil servant, said they have been reduced to paupers.\u201d<\/p>\n

I was educated by my parents using coffee proceeds. I also educated all my children with coffee proceeds up to university level, but now feeding, clothing or even securing proper meals for myself is difficult and I have acres of coffee plantations,\u201d Kaboci said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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