By Charles Kinyua
As of last week, Nyeri county coffee farmers had recieved the lion’s share of the Coffee Cherry Revolving fund.
According to New Kenya planters operative union (New KPCU) KSh5.4 billion had been disbursed to farmers in 26 counties across the country.
Nyeri farmers received KSh816,729,000 that translates to 15 per cent of the total while those in Kakamega received a measly KSh170,000.
Interestingly, counties outside traditional coffee growing counties, mainly domiciled in Mt Kenya received bigger amounts which means more areas are turning to the cash crop for their economies.
Kericho county that is more popular for tea growing received the fourth largest disbursement of KSh547.9 million more than Murang’a that recieved KSh494.2 million which was only lower than that of Kiambu and Kirinyaga counties.
Machakos county that is not well known for cash crops farming received a whopping KSh621.3 million that is KSh10 million more than Kiambu county that is a traditional coffee producer.
Other counties that are not known to be significant coffee producers but had farmers receiving proceeds from the fund included Elgeyo Marakwet, Uasin Gishu, Nandi, Laikipia, Baringo and Bomet; all in the Rift valley.
Western Kenya has not been a serious coffeee producing zone but farmers in Kakamega, Busia, Bungoma recieved almost KSh400 million with Bungoma county receiving more than Murang’a county that at one time had one of the richest local governments due to proceeds from the cash crop.
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