Capital Markets (Coffee Exchange) (Fees) Regulations, Legal Notice no. 9 of 2025
Made 2024-12-23 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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About this law
- Language
- English
- Kind
- Regulation
- Country
- Kenya
- Subjects
- Food and nutrition
- Keywords
- coffee/cocoa/tea, internal trade, vending, fees/royalties, beverages
- Categories
- softs
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1. These Regulations may be cited as the Capital Markets Citation. (Coffee Exchange) (Fees) Regulations, 2024.
2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires— Interpretation. “broker” has the meaning assigned to it under regulation 2 of the Sub. Leg. Capital Markets (Coffee Exchange) Regulations; “buyer’’ has the meaning assigned to it under regulation 2 of the Capital Markets (Coffee Exchange) Regulations; “coffee exchange” has the meaning assigned to it under regulation 2 of the Capital Markets (Coffee Exchange) Regulations; “coffee sales proceeds” means monetary consideration received at the direct settlement system in exchange for clean coffee sold at a coffee exchange or, where applicable, through direct sales; “direct settlement system” means a banking facility provided by a commercial bank regulated by the Central Bank of Kenya for the clearing and settlement of coffee proceeds; and “member” means any person who has been admitted as a member of a coffee exchange.
3. The object of these Regulations is to provide for— Object of the Regulations. (a) the maximum fees payable for coffee sold at a coffee exchange; and (b) the annual membership fees payable by members of a coffee exchange to the exchange.
4. (1) A fee not exceeding one-point-eight per cent of the gross Transaction fees. value of coffee sold at a coffee exchange shall be deducted from the coffee sales proceeds through the direct settlement system by the coffee exchange. (2) The coffee exchange shall, through the direct settlement system, apportion the fee deducted under subregulation (1) within twenty-four hours of receipt of the funds from the buyer in the proportions set out in the First Schedule. (3) The Authority may direct the coffee exchange to remedy or mitigate the effect of any breach of subregulation (2).
5. A member of a coffee exchange shall pay an annual Membership fees. membership fee to the coffee exchange at the rate specified in the Second Schedule. 58 Kenya Subsidiary Legislation, 2025
FIRST SCHEDULE (r. 4(2)) TRANSACTION FEES Percentage of transaction fees to S/No. Transaction fees be apportioned 1. Broker fees 1% 2. Coffee exchange fees 0.3% 3. Direct settlement system provider fees 0.3% 4. Capital Markets Authority statutory fees 0.2%
SECOND SCHEDULE (r. 5) MEMBERSHIP FEES S/No. Category Fee (KSh.) 1. Brokers 75,000 2. Category 1 Buyers – Buying more than 1% of annual coffee 75,000 traded 3. Category 2 Buyers – Buying less than 1% of annual coffee 50,000 traded 4. Warehouse Operators (associate member) 115,000 5. Millers (associate member) 115,000 6. Transporters (associate member) 115,000 7. Export bags providers (associate member) 115,000 8. Input suppliers (associate member) 115,000 9. DSS Providers (associate member) 115,000 10. Other Commercial Banks (associate member) 115,000 11. Any Coffee or Commodity Fund (associate member) 115,000 Made on 23rd December, 2024. JOHN MBADI NG’ONGO, Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning.