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Kirinyaga Slopes Coffee Brokerage Ltd — mandated to sell members’ coffee through the Nairobi Coffee Exchange. Regulated by the Capital Markets Authority.

01 Who We Are

The future of coffee is with its founders — the 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.

  • /01 Governance vested in farmers via society-appointed directors
  • /02 Quality · Innovation · Integrity · Sustainability (QIIS)
  • /03 Diversified, sustainable coffee-based products & services
Our Full Story
Farmer standing among green coffee plantsStand-in — original KCCU photography to follow
FARMER OWNED · FARMER GOVERNED · SINCE 1959 ·
04 The Journey

From cherry to cup, farmers first

01

Farm

120,000+ smallholders on volcanic slopes at 1,400–1,900m.

02

Factory

65 wet mills wash and sun-dry the cherry to parchment.

03

Mill

Hulling, grading and cupping at our county mill.

04

Auction

Lots trade weekly at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange.

05

Cup

Returns flow back through societies to the farmer.

kccu@nce — auction · week 32 Live weekly
OutturnGradePrice /50kgWoW
026/KS/0311 · BaragwiAA$428.005.1
026/KS/0314 · KabareAA$415.003.6
026/KS/0317 · MutiraAB$362.002.4
026/KS/0319 · MwiruaAB$355.001.9
026/KS/0322 · KibirigwiPB$338.00-0.8
next auction in 4 days  670 bags open for sampling
We believe the future of coffee is with its founders — the farmers. Our governance is vested in them, through directors appointed from every primary society.
Kirinyaga County Cooperative Union Farmer-owned since 1959
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