Coffee authority destroys 60 tonnes of poor quality coffee

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 unfortunate that some traders mix all sort of trash in to coffee for quick gains,” UCDA Principal Researcher Officer Frederick Sewaya told Daily Monitor on October 15. “We can’t let such acts to carry on. They (acts) affect Uganda’s coffee quality, value and volumes exported,” Mr Sewaya said.

The development, however, came days after the authority released its annual report, which indicated that the quality of Uganda coffee has tremendously increased.

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