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Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe and Cooperatives and MSMEs Cabinet Secretary Wycliffe Oparanya confirmed that the Nairobi Coffee Exchange is on the verge of going digital, ending years of market manipulation by cartels.
Speaking during the opening of the 17th African Dairy Conference and Exhibition (AFDA17) at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC), Kagwe warned that Kenya’s dairy exports will remain at risk unless the problem is urgently addressed.
Kagwe noted that local rice production meets only 20% of the country’s annual demand, leaving a deficit of about 1 million metric tonnes