The committee of a coffee cooperative in Neri, Kenya, was ordered to be disbanded by the government because of financial chaos.

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The Kenyan government, through the office of the coffee cooperative commissioner, disbanded the already troubled Rumukia cooperative committee. The co-op is located in the Neri producing area of Mukurwe-ini, because mismanagement has thrown the once-huge coffee co-op into financial chaos. Prior to this decision, the Neri County Government and the National Coffee Cooperative Department had investigated allegations of financial misappropriation by the cooperative management committee.

At the same time, the Office of the Coffee Cooperative Commissioner ordered an election on February 9th to elect a five-member interim committee to oversee the operation of the Rumukia cooperative for the next three months until a formal committee is elected.

The management of the disbanded committee has attracted a lot of attention for a loan of 60 million shillings (Kenyan currency) obtained a few years ago, which has so far accumulated to 16.3 billion shillings. Financier Taifa Sacco threatened to auction off his cooperative assets to recover the money. Farmers affiliated with the association have long distanced themselves from lenders, saying they will not approve loans or benefit them. Over the years, farmers at the association's eight processing plants have received almost no payment for their products. Due to

Rumukia cooperatives have been in debt, and many farmers have begun to sell their coffee to other coffee cooperatives.

According to the Assistant Commissioner for Cooperatives, the management of the disbanded committee has led to unreasonable financial decisions on several consecutive occasions since 2012. "in the past, the main problem for cooperatives was financial discipline, and all the funding shortages were filled by borrowing, which led to an increase in the number of loans every year."

At the same time, it also said that "instead of looking for a lasting solution, management continues to borrow money to maintain inflated spending and subsidize payments to members, ostensibly to" please them ". However, farmers are not satisfied with these behaviors. But they thought that if they reported to the committee of the co-operative at that time, they might lose their property. "

"after the dissolution of the committee in question, it is important to re-establish the confidence of the members who have left the co-operative." At the same time, the assistant commissioner of cooperatives asked the head of the county government in charge of the coffee association in the region to work closely with temporary members to help cooperatives regain their lost honor.

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