Meru coffee farmers reject monthly pay for deliveries

A coffee farmer picks ripe beans. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Coffee farmers in Meru have rejected a proposed monthly payment for deliveries, saying the system will impoverish them rather than improve their lives.

Meru farmers reckon that monthly payments were meagre because they have not yet started harvesting huge quantities of the produce.

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