Since 1959, the umbrella body of Kirinyaga’s coffee cooperatives — milling, marketing and investing on behalf of over 120,000 smallholder farmers.
Founded in 1959, Kirinyaga County Cooperative Union Ltd represents 14 primary coffee cooperatives on the fertile southern slopes of Mt. Kenya. We carry the farmer's voice through the entire value chain — milling at Kirinyaga County Coffee Mill Ltd, trading through Kirinyaga Slopes Coffee Brokerage Co. Ltd.
Stand-in — original KCCU photography to follow
Precision hulling, grading and cup-profiling at Kirinyaga County Coffee Mill Ltd.
Visit the MillMembers' lots traded at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange through our CMA-regulated brokerage.
The Brokerage 03 / Direct 03Union-led marketing connecting Kirinyaga lots with roasters and importers worldwide.
Available Stocks
Commercial property investments generating diversified, sustainable member income.
Our InvestmentsBaragwi and Kibirigwi Farmers' Cooperative Societies are registered — the oldest of today's members.
Inoi, Kabare, Mutira and Mwirua follow, laying the base of Kirinyaga's cooperative coffee.
The primary societies unite under one umbrella body to strengthen the farmers' hand.
The Union grows through independence-era Kenya.
Kanjuu, Karithathi, New Ngariama, Rungeto, Rwama and Thirikwa are registered, bringing membership to 14 societies and 65 factories.
The Union diversifies into buildings and rentals, creating sustainable income for members.
Kirinyaga County Coffee Mill Ltd and CMA-regulated Kirinyaga Slopes Coffee Brokerage Ltd put farmers in control of milling and marketing.
Where parchment becomes green gold — meticulous milling and grading under farmer ownership.
Mandated to sell members' coffee through the Nairobi Coffee Exchange — with weekly published results.
Authority flows upward from the farm. Every society appoints directors to the Union board; the board appoints management and oversees the Mill and the Brokerage.
The Union mill, the laboratory and the offices that serve fourteen societies.
The mill gate — Kerugoya
Union offices
The cupping laboratory
