THE COFFEE CULTIVATION AND PROCESSING) RULES

L.N.94/1962,
L.N.119/1963,
L.N.622//1963,
L.N.339/1966.

PART I—PRELIMINARY

Cap.490

1. These Rules may Be. cited a. the Coffee (Cultivation and Processing) Rates, and shall apply to all
coffee growing in Kenya.

2. In these Roles, except where the context otherwise requires—

"chairman" means the chairman of a co-operative society registered

under the Co-operative Societies Act;

"cherry" means complete undried coffee fruits;

"Director" includes any senior officer of the Ministry of Agriculture to whom the Director has
delegated any of the powers or duties conferred or implied upon him by these Rules;

"nursery" means any land on which coffee is raised from seed or by vegetative propagation;

"occupier" means any person for the time being holding the cultivation rights of any area of land;

"parchment" means the endocarp of the coffee fruit.

PART II—GROWING OF COFFEE

Cap.21,
Sub.Leg.
Cap.318.

3. (1) It shall not be lawful to plant coffee except in those areas named in the first column of the
Schedule (hereinafter referred to as the coffee growing areas), nor shall it be lawful, except with the
approval in writing of the Director, to plant in those parts coffee of any varieties other than those
specified in relation to those parts in the second column of the Schedule:

Provided that this rule shall not affect the right of any person to continue lo grow any coffee that was
growing at the commencement of these Rules.

(2) If any coffee is planted in contravention of this rule the person who plants it shall be guilty of an
offence and liable, in addition to any penalty imposed, to have the coffee uprooted and destroyed by
an inspector, who shall for this purpose have free access to the land where such coffee is growing.

4. (1) The Board, in exercising powers granted to it under section 17 of die Act relating to the issue,
cancellation or suspension of planter's licences, shall have regard to the extent to which provision will
be made by the applicant for improving and maintaining the cultural conditions of the crop and the
methods of its production, and in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing,
for planting (including the seed or seedlings used for planting), developing and maintaining a nursery
or plantation to the satisfaction of .the Board and, where necessary, for erecting and equipping a
pulping station or other means for the preparation of coffee for marketing.
(2) The Board shall have power, after consultation with the Director, to attach to a planters licence
such conditions as they may think fit lo impose with a view to improving the cultural conditions,
including the establishment of a nursery, the methods of production and the quantity of any coffee
grown by the licensee.

(3) If any coffee is grown in contravention of this rule or of any condition of a planter's licence, the
person who so grows it shall be guilty of an offence and liable, in addition to any penalty imposed, to
have the coffee uprooted and destroyed by an inspector, who shall for this purpose have free access to
the land where such coffee is growing.

4A. (1) Where a planter's licence has been issued under section 17 (2) of the Act to a co-operative
society, the secretary or the manager of the society, as the case may be, shall maintain a register of all
members of the society to whom the conditions of the planter's licence apply; and such register shall
show the number of coffee trees each member is authorized to maintain and any authorized alteration
in the number of trees shall be entered therein.

(2) An inspector shall &l all times have full and free access to the register maintained by a co-
operative society, and failure by the secretary or manager of a society satisfactorily to maintain a
register shall be an offence.

(3) Any person planting or maintaining coffee trees other than those authorized in the register of the
co-operative society shall be guilty of an offence and liable, in addition to any penalty imposed, to
have such coffee uprooted and destroyed by an inspector, who shall for this purpose have free access
to the land where such coffee is growing.

5. An inspector shall at all times, after giving notice to the planter concerned, haw full and free access
to the coffee growing areas for the purpose of searching for diseases and pests, investigating the
method of cultivation and ascertaining whether any person is contravening these Rules, and he may
remove samples of soil and parts of coffee plants from the coffee growing areas' for the purpose of
research or investigation.

6. An inspector shall at all times have full and free access to any land other than the coffee growing
areas, for the purpose of ascertaining whether any coffee tree is being grown therein.

7. (1) Whenever it appears to an inspector that any coffee tree in the coffee growing areas' is infested
with any pest or disease to an extent endangering neighboring plantations, or likely to affect seriously
the quality of the coffee produced thereon, he may—

(a) if such land is occupied, in writing order the occupier thereof to take any such action with regard to
any coffee tree thereon as he may consider necessary or advisable to treat, uproot or destroy such tree
in order to control or eradicate any such pest or disease; or

(b) if such land is unoccupied, or appears after investigation to be unoccupied, treat or destroy any or
all of the coffee trees thereon in such manner as may seem to him necessary or advisable after having
first obtained the permission of the local District Agricultural Committee.

(2) Whenever it appears to an inspector that any land in the coffee growing areas upon which coffee
has been planted is, by reason of soil erosion or any other form of neglect, in such a condition as
seriously lo affect the quality of the coffee produced thereon, he may—

(a) if such land is occupied, in writing order the occupier to take any reasonable action which may be
necessary by mulching, manuring or similar means to restore the fertility of the soil or the condition of
the trees;
(b) if such land is unoccupied, take such action as. he may consider necessary or advisable, after
having first obtained the permission of the local District Agricultural Committee to restore fertility of
the soil or the condition of the trees, or recommend to the Board the cancellation of the planter's
licence concerned.

(3) Any person who contravenes any order made under this rule shall be guilty of an offence and
liable, in addition to any penalty imposed, to have such treatment, uprooting or destruction carried out
or caused to be carried out to any coffee tree by an inspector, in such manner as the inspector may
consider necessary or advisable in accordance with any written order issued under this rule.

(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3), an inspector shall have free access to the land where such coffee
is growing, and any treatment, uprooting or destruction carried out under that paragraph shall be at the
expense of the occupier.

8. (1) Whenever under the powers conferred by rule 7 an inspector orders an occupier to do any of the
things specified therein with regard to land or any coffee tree thereon, he shall specify such period as
may seem to him reasonable within which such action shall be completed.

(2) (Deleted by L.N. 339/1966).

(3) Service of any such order may be effected by sending it by registered letter to the occupier,
requiring him to acknowledge receipt within a specified period, or by sending it in writing to the
chairman of the co-operative society, of the district in which the plantation or nursery is situated, and
the chairman shall give a receipt to the inspector therefor and shall communicate the order to the
occupier within a period specified by the inspector, and if the chairman fails to communicate the order
within the time specified therein he shall report such failure !o the inspector, or may be effected by an
inspector personally, or in the manner prescribed in the Civil Procedure Rules.

(4) Any person aggrieved by an order of an inspector under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) of rule 7
may, within thirty days after being served with the order, appeal to the Agricultural Appeals Tribunal
established under Part XV of the Agriculture Act, and the provisions of that Part shall, mutatis
mutandis, apply in relation to every such appeal.

(5) Any person who fails to comply with any order served on him under this rule shall be guilty of an
offence.

PART III—PULPING OF COFFEE

9. (1) Toe Board, in exercising powers conferred on it by section 18 of the Act relating to the issue of
pulping station licences, shall—

(a) normally restrict the issue of such licences to plantations of ten acres or more of planted coffee,
but, in the case of licences in respect of plantations of less than ten acres issued before the
commencement of these Rules, such licences shall be renewable annually for a period of five years
from that
date and thereafter the applicant must either—

(i) have joined a co-operative society; or

(ii) have joined with others in forming a company; or

(iii) have executed a contract of sale of cherry to a licensed processor, to the satisfaction of the Board
and subject to its approval:
Provided that nothing in this subparagraph shall prevent the Board, at its discretion, from issuing a
licence to a plantation of less than ten acres under the above terms;

(b) have regard to the extent to which provision will be made by the applicant for adequate facilities
for the efficient operation of a pulping station and, in particular but without prejudice to the generality
of the foregoing, for the provision of a permanent supply of clean running water, the use of efficient
motorized pulping machinery, the construction of fermenting tanks and grading channels of permanent
materials and the provision of adequate drying facilities;

(c) no construction of a pulping station shall be commenced without the prior approval in writing to
the grant of a licence by the Board.

(2) Any person who pulps his or anyone else's coffee by any method other than through a licensed
pulping null shall be guilty of an offence; and, on the conviction of any person for an offence under
this rule, the court may, in addition to any penalty, order the forfeiture of any coffee or processing
apparatus or machinery which is the subject of the prosecution.

PART IV—PURCHASE AND MANUFACTURE OF COFFEE

Cap.318.
Cap.513.

10. An inspector may, at all reasonable times and after advising the owner concerned, enter any
pulping station and inspect the buildings and machinery used in connexion therewith and the coffee at
all stages of processing and storage.

10A. (1) Whenever it appears to an inspector that the facilities of a pulping station are inadequate in
any respect in such a way as to be likely to affect the quality of the coffee produced, he may in writing
order the manager or owner thereof to take such action as he deems necessary to bring such facilities
to a standard that does not adversely affect the quality of the coffee.

(2) Whenever, under the powers conferred by this rule, an inspector orders an owner or manager to
carry out any of the things specified therein, he shall specify such period as may ,wm to him
reasonable within which such action is to be completed.

(3) Any person aggrieved by an order of an inspector under this rule may. within 30 days after being
served with the order, appeal to the Agricultural Appeals Tribunal established under Part XV of the
Agriculture Act, and that Part shall apply mutatis mutandis in relation to every such appeal.

(4) Any person who fails to comply with any order served on him under this rule shall be guilty of an
offence.

11. (1) Every owner or manaeer of a pulping station shall maintain such crop records and submit such
returns as may from time to time be required and under such conditions as may be laid down by the
Board in consultation with the Director.

(2) Every owner or manager shall, if deemed necessary by the Board, in install one or more weighing
machines of pattern which would be lawful for use by way of trade in accordance with the Weights
and Measures Act, and such instruments shall be subject to verification, stamping inspection and
rejection by Inspectors of Weights and Measures in a like manner as if they were in fact in such use.

12. (1) No person shall convey or cause to be conveyed any coffee which is infested with any insect
pest from a pulping station except to a warehouse situated in the same district or, with the consent of
the Director. to a warehouse situated in an adjoining district unless it has bee. treated for the
destruction of such pest, to the satisfaction of an inspector.
(2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and
liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand shillings.

13. (1) If any coffee is found in a warehouse to be infested with any insect pest, the keeper of such
warehouse shall forthwith notify the Director of -the tad, and shall state the name of the pulping
station from which such coffee was delivered.

(2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and
liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred shillings.

14. (1) If any coffee is found to be infested with any insect pest in a warehouse, the keeper of such
warehouse shall cause such infested coffee, together with the bags containing it and any other coffee
directly in contact with it, to be immediately and effectively treated for the destruction of living larvae,
pupae and eggs as the case may be to the satisfaction of an inspector.

(2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and
liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand shillings.

15 (1) No person shall convey or cause to be conveyed any coffee from a pulping station or other
place of storage except in clean bags of good quality.

(2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of paragraph (1)

shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred shillings.

16. (1) No person shall despatch bags of coffee from a pulping station unless they have teen marked
with such distinguishing mark or marks as may be required by the Board under section 20 of the Act,
and no person shall deliver coffee to the Board except under such mark or marks.

(2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and
liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred shillings-

PART V—GENERAL

17. No planter's licence or coffee pulping station licence shall be transferable except with the consent
in writing of the Board.

18. Any person who is guilty of an offence under these Rules for which no special penalty is provided
by These Rules shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand shillings or to imprisonment for a
term not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and such imprisonment.

19. On conviction of a person for an offence under these Rules, the court may. in addition to any other
penalty, order the forfeiture of any coffee; coffee tree. pulping, milling or processing apparatus or
machinery which is the subject of the prosecution.

SCHEDULE (r.3)

First Column Second Column

PART A-
The Kangundu location of the Machakos District between the
4,900 ft. and 6,000 ft. contour lines .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. coffea arabica
That part of the Matungulu location of the Machakos District
between the 4.900 ft- and 6,000 ft. contour lines.. .. .. .. .. ,,

That part of the Mitabooni location of the Machakos District

between the 5.000 ft. and 6.000 ft. contour lines.. .. .. ... ,,

That part of the Iveti. Mbooni, Mukaa and Kilungu locations

of the Machakos District between the 5,200 ft. and 6,200
ft,contour lines.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. . ,,

That part of the Kilimakimwe sub-location of the Mputi location

of the Machakos District above the 5,200 ft. contour line .. ,,

That part of the Mutungoni location of the Kitui District above

the 4-000 ft. contour line.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ,,

That part of the KaJiado District in the Ngong area adjacent to

the Kiambu District and above the 6,000 ft. contour line
of the Ololua and Embakasi Forest. Reserves and north of
the Nairobi-Magadi Road C.307/2 and east of the Ngong
Circular Road C.313, as shown on Map GSGS 4786 sheet
148/111 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ,,

That part of the Machakos District between the 5,000 ft.

and 6,000 ft. contours in the area south-east of the Mua
Hills and east of the main Nairobi-Mombasa road .. .. .. ,,

That part of the Kajiado District near Oloitokitok enclosed by

the Kenya/Tanganyika boundary line and elsewhere by the
4,500 ft. contour line ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ,,

That part of the Machakos District lying north of the Mua

Hills and bounded by the Liikenya road and the boundary
of the Mitaboni location.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ,,

The Kiambu District east of the longitudinal grid line HZH

990 as defined on Map No. GSGS.4786, Sheet No. 148/1 ,,

The Murang'a District except that part which lies east of a line
commencing at the intersection of the District boundary
with the Maragua River, thence following Road C167/2 to
Murang'a Township, thence along the western boundary
of Murang'a Township to its intersection with Road C.1030
thence following roads C.1030 and C.I 031 to the Nyeri-
Murang'a District boundary line as shown on Map No
GSGS.135/1 ,,

That part of the South Nyeri District west and north of a line
drawn from HZR.527,318 on the Nyeri-Murang'a District
boundary line to Mweru village at HZR.554334, thence
to the Nyeri-Embu district boundary line at HZR.607380
Map No. GSGS.4786, Sheets 121/III, 134/11 and 135/1 .. ,,

Those parts of the Ndia, Gichugu and Embu Divisions of the

Embu District above the 4,500 ft. contour line as denned
on MapNo. GSGS.4786, Sheets 121/III, 121/IV, 122/III,
135/1 my 135/11, not including in the next following para-
graph .. ,,

That part of the Embu District commencing at HZR.629346,

where a tributary joins the Sagana River, thence by a
straight line to the posho mill on the Rapati River at HZR.
654,350 thence to the intersection of the Mwerua-Kiine-
location boundary line and the Kanyariri River at HZR.
696,389, thence to a road junction south of the Kibiriguri
River at HZR.648413 and thence to HZR.607380 on the
Nyeri-Embu district boundary line, and thence by the '
Nyeri-Embu boundary line to HZR.629346 as shown on
Kenya Map GSGS.4786, Sheets 135/1 and 135/11 .. ,,

That part of the Meru District which lies above the 4,000 ft.
contour line and south and east of the Upper and Lower |
Imenti Forest Reserves, the Kiega Forest Reserve and the
Nyambeni Forest Reserve as shown on Map No. GSGS
4786, Sheets 108/11, 108/III, 108/IV, 122/1, 122/11, 122/III '
and 122/IV ,,

The Maua, Akachiu, Muthara and Kianjal locations of the

Meru District above the 4,000 ft. contour line, north of the
grid line HAD 14 and east of the grid line HAD 31 as
defined on Map No. GSGS 4786, Sheets 108/11, 108/III
and 108/IV ,,

That part of the North Nyer i District which lies south of the I
grid line 640 as defined on Map No. GSGS 4786 Sheets
120/ffl, 120/IV and 121/III, between the Aberdare and
Mount Kenya Forests .. .. .. .. .. .. ,,

That part of the Thika District which is bounded by the line

commencing from the point HZJ.734655 on the Machakos-
Thika district boundary and following that boundary to
point HZJ 970739, thence in a straight line to the Tana
River at HZR.870057, thence following the Embu-Thika
district boundary until it meets with the Murang'a-Thika
district boundary, thence following^the Murang'a-Thika
district boundary until it meets with the Kiambu-Thika
district boundary, thence following the Kiambu-Thika
district boundary to the point HZJ.296770, where it meets
the Nairobi Area boundary, thence following the Nairobi-
Thika district boundary to its intersection by the Nairobi-
Thika railway line where it crosses the Kamiti River, thence
in a straight tine to the Koma Rock, thence following
the Machakos-Thika district boundary to the point
HZJ 734655 as shown on Map No. GSGS 4786
Sheets 135/III, 135/TV, 148/11, 149/1 and 149/11 ..
The Nairobi Area and City of Nairobi .. ,,

That part of the South Nyanza and Kisii Districts north of the
Migori River which lies between the 4,800 ft. and 6,400 ft.
contour lines ,,
That part of the Butende and Bukuria locations of the KISII
District between the 5,400 ft. and 6,000 ft. contour lines .. ,,

That part of the Kericho District between the 4,500 ft. and
6,500 ft. contour lines .. ,,

The Isuklia, Idakho, Tiriki, Nyangori, Maragoli, Bunyore,

Kisa, Butsotso, Bunyala and Kabras locations of the North
Nyanza District .. ,,

The South Marama location of the North Nyanza District east

of the Mumias-Yala Road ,,

That part of the Elgon Nyanza District lying to the north of the
Nzoia River at GAF.576681, Ihence following the railway
line as far as Broderick Falls, thence following the road
from Broderick Falls to Kituni, thence following the foot-
path to where it crosses the Kuywa River, thence up the
Kuywa River to its intersection with the Kimiiili-Chwele
Road, thence along that road through Chwele to Sirisia,
Luandanyi School, thence down the Namewanga River to
the Tisi River, thence down the Tisi River to the Luakhakha
River as shown on the Map GSGS. 4786. Sheets 87/11,
88/1, 88/ni and 88/IV .. ,,

The Malanga, Luanda, Lundha, Kararim, Nyanminia Marenyo,

Uranga, Sirembi and Umuri sub-locations of the North
Gem location of the Central Nyanza District. The KagUe
sub-locations of the South Gem location of the Central
Nyanza District .. ,,

Those parts of the Kisumu and Kaiulu locations of the Central

Nyanza District above the 4,700 ft. contour line
That part of the Nyakatch location of Ihe Central Nyanza
District known as the Nyanonde PIateau above the 4,800 ft.
contour line ,,

Marsabit Township .. .. .. :.
The Tugen Hills area of the Baringo District above the 6,000 ft.
contour line .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ,,

The Lembus Forest Settlement area of the Baringo District

the Nandi District .. ,,

That part of the Mnagei location of the "West" Pokot "District

above the 6,200 ft. contour line ,,

That part of the Trans-Nzoia District south of the grid line ,,

GAm.360 as shown on Map series Nos. SKII (Y731)

Sheets 74/IV and 75/III ,,

That part of theUasin Gishu District below the 6,500 ft. contour
line ,,
Those areas between the 5,800 ft. and 7,400 ft. contour lines in
the Njoro, Rongai, Ravine and Nakuru East Rural Districts
and the Tun-EIburgon Ward of the County of Nakuru ,,

The Municipality of Nakuru ,,

That part of the Nyahururu District which lies within the

area defined by a line commencing at the point HAB.650500
and running due east to the point HAB.700500, thence in a
straight line to the point HAB-678412, thence following the
western boundery of the Lariak Forest Reserve to the Point
HAB.701344, thence in a straight line to the point HAB.
693310,thence following the northern and western boundaries
of the Marmanet Forest Reserve to its intersection by the
grid line 280, thence westwards along the grid line 280 to
its intersection by the grid line 650, thence due north to'the
original point HAB.650500 .. ,,

That part of the Taita District situated in the Taita Hills above
the 4.100 ft. contour line ,,

PART B—

First Column Second Column

Those parts of the Busamia, Seme and Kisumu locations of the
Central Nyanza District between the 4,000 ft. and 4 700 ft
contour lines ...... Coffea arabica
The North Ugenya, South Ugenya and Alego locations of the
Central Nyanza District ,,

The North Wanga, Mukulu, North Marama and South Wanga |

locations of the North Nyanza District ,,

The South Marama location of the North Nyanza District west

of theMumias-YalaRoad ,,

The South Teso, Bukhayo and Marach locations of the Elgon

Nyanza District ,,
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