New coffee fund to cushion farmers from falling prices
Wednesday May 26 2021
By JOHN MUTUA
Summary
Coffee farmers will be cushioned from extremely low prices if Parliament approves a proposed law aimed at cheering production of the crop.
The State-sponsored Bill proposes the establishment of a Coffee Stabilisation Fund (CSF) to compensate profit margins for farmers whenever prices of the commodity plummet.
Coffee farmers will be cushioned from extremely low prices if Parliament approves a proposed law aimed at cheering production of the crop.
The State-sponsored Bill proposes the establishment of a Coffee Stabilisation Fund (CSF) to compensate profit margins for farmers whenever prices of the commodity plummet sharply.
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December 23rd 2020 at 17:51:54 GMT +0300
President Uhuru Kenyatta.
President Uhuru Kenyatta today at State House, Nairobi, signed into law the Tax Laws (Amendment) Bill 2020 which was passed yesterday by Members of the National Assembly.
Also signed into law is the Tea Bill of 2018 which contains several reforms among them the re-engineering of the Tea Board of Kenya to oversee the development, promotion and regulation of Kenya s tea sector.
The bills were presented to the President for signature by Solicitor General Ken Ogeto at the brief ceremony attended by Agriculture CS Peter Munya, Senate Speaker Ken Lusaka and Leader of Majority in the National Assembly Amos Kimunya.