Coffee societies in Kisii and Nyamira have called on the government to pay for them a debt of Sh 24 million owed to the Gusii Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union.
The officials of the coffee cooperative societies in the two counties have petitioned the national government to settle the debt which is outstanding form the initial 47 million shillings.
Speaking at a special delegates meeting held in Kisii town to discuss the way forward, the Gusii Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union Chief Executive Officer Robert Mainya said that the government has failed to fulfil its pledge to help settle the debt.
“The government has failed to come up to its part of the bargain in helping the cooperative societies settle the debt they owe to our Union as they have only paid off half government what they are supposed to,” he said.
Mainya said that the government has only paid Sh 23 million shillings.
This comes amid wrangles in various cooperative societies between coffee farmers and the officials in charge of these cooperative societies management in the two counties.