Coffee grows tourism in Uganda

Juma Chebet.

Tours and travel guide Juma Chebet winnows coffee beans during a tour in Kapchorwa in eastern Uganda. PHOTO | EDGAR R. BATTE

Coffee is a widely consumed beverage all over the world and in Uganda, a country that also lists it as one of its main cash crops. The hilly and mountainous areas in the east are ideal for its growth.

Kapchorwa in eastern Uganda is one of the many places where Arabica coffee favourably grows. From a young age, Job Soyekwo and Juma Chebet smelled the aroma of coffee and enjoyed its flavour.