Coffee farmers have earned Sh. 372 million after selling 9,030 bags equivalent to 562,266 kilos of cherries during this week’s auction at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE). During the Tuesday auction that attracted 10 brokers, a bag of 50 kilos of cherry was sold at an average of Sh31,247. Mbee Factory, allied to Mitaboni Cooperative Society in Machakos County, got the best price after selling 56 bags of coffee equivalent to 3,391 kilos of grade AA at Sh40,824 per bag. Kaukiswa Factory under Kambusu Cooperative Society got the second-best price of Sh40,506 for a bag of their AA grade.

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