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Coffee authority destroys 60 tonnes of poor quality coffee

Friday, October 17th, 2008

Joseph Miti
Kampala

Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has destroyed 60 tons of coffee beans worth Shs190 million. The coffee was confiscated from traders in separate verification exercises carried out countrywide, after the beans were proved to be substandard.

UCDA officials said the 60 tons of coffee were recovered from traders who sought to make profits from illicit trade. “It

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Kenya: Coffee Bags Turn Out to Be Sand After All

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

The Nation (Nairobi)
2 November 2007

Amina Kibirige
Nairobi

A consignment of coffee destined for US has turned out to be no more than sand.

The consignment from Uganda was discovered after it reached Mombasa.

Sift Track Transporting Company had been contracted to move the three containers of 21 tonnes each from Kampala to Mombasa to be exported to United States. But when the containers

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