The Cabinet Friday approved an additional Sh4 billion for coffee farmers.
This means farmers will now earn Sh80 a kilogram of cherry from the current Sh20 a kilogram as an advance payment.
The funds were additional to the Sh3 billion released earlier.
The government will also deliberately search for better markets for farmers by inviting world-renowned coffee dealers.
This will re-energize the Nairobi Coffee Exchange, which has witnessed depressed prices and low sale volumes at the auction.
The Cabinet also approved the Supplementary Budget, which contains 10 percent cuts from ministries.
It follows the move by the Government to rationalize its budget — by cutting down unnecessary expenditures such as foreign travel — by more than Sh71 billion.
The saga surrounding coffee pay has been thorny with some government officials blaming cartels in the industry for the same.
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