Millers barred from lending to coffee farmers on interest

A farmer tends to his coffee bushes in Nyeri town on November 9, 2021. PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NMG

Coffee millers and marketing agents will be barred from lending directly to charge farmers interest if MPs approve changes to a Bill.

The National Assembly’s Agriculture Committee has proposed changes to the Coffee Bill, 2020 that originated from the Senate to make it an offence for a miller or agent to lend to farmers on interest.

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