Coffee farmers in Githunguri Kiambu have lauded the government for injecting Sh2.4 billion to revive the sector.
The farmers said that the money will help the once lucrative sector recover.
Speaking to this writer on Thursday, the farmers expressed their gratitude saying that the sector can be revived.
“We are happy that President Uhuru Kenyatta heard our cries and fulfilled his promise of reviving the coffee sector,” said Benjamin Kinuthia, a coffee farmer in Githunguri.
Mr Kinuthia said that he had abandoned coffee farming after the sector crumbled.
“I am now thinking of going back to coffee farming since the government has shown signs of seriously revamping the sector,” he added.
The coffee farmer however called on the government to pump more money into the sector.
Beatrice Kiragu, a coffee farmer said that the sector was lucrative before its downfall.
She blamed poor management at the Kenya Coffee Planters Union (KPCU) for the woes that has faced the sector over the years.
“The government has done well to allocate money that will help revive the sector, however we are calling on the same government to also ensure that the money is utilized well,” she said.
The coffee farmer blamed corruption to the woes that continue to face the sector.
The farmers also want the government to market coffee and ensure that they have ready markets.
In the 2016/2017 budget proposals read by National Treasury CS Henry Rotich on Wednesday, the coffee sector was allocated Sh2.4 Billion for revival.
Rotich said that more measures and programmess will be put in place to ensure the sector gets back to its feet.
Early this year a section of coffee farmers in Githunguri had petitioned President Uhuru Kenyatta to intervene in the woes facing the sector