Karimikui factory is part of the Rungeto Farmer’s Cooperative Society, formed after the liquidation of the famous Ngiriama co-operative society, joining with the Kii & Kiangoi factories in 1997. At Karimikui, cherries collected from the approximately 1400 member-farmers are sorted before being pulped. The parchment is then fermented overnight, before being washed and graded. After that, it is dried on the drying tables for 8-14 days. The management of the Rungeto has implemented various updates throughout all the factories it oversees, including installing tiles on all the washing channels and fermentation tanks and creating processes for reusing water used in washing.