The Kenyan Government has announced plans to double milk production in the next five years.
President William Ruto said the Government has put in place a solid plan that will see production increase from 5.2 billion litres to 10 billion litres a year.
He argued that milk is one of Kenya’s highest influencers of income, generating at least Sh200 billion a year.
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He explained that the Government will modernise Kenya Co-operative Creameries plants and install milk coolers countrywide so that more milk can be processed.
“We want to fetch more from value-added milk. Our farmers are not thriving because they have been selling raw milk,” he said.
He said the country has enough facilities to create powder and long-life milk to ensure the surplus milk does not go to waste.
The President noted that farmers will be at the centre and front in the new plan to give the sector a new lease of life.
“We will also rid the market of brokers so that farmers can earn maximum returns from their milk.”
Ruto spoke on Tuesday in Kiganjo, Nyeri County, Central Part of the country, where he commissioned the Modernised Kenya Co-operative Creameries Kiganjo Factory.
The plant has new product lines to process camel milk and drinking water.
Other interventions outlined by President Ruto include removing taxes on animal feed imports — including yellow maise — and reducing the cost of semen.
He said subsidised fertiliser will be instrumental in increasing the production of animal feeds.
The Kenyan leader also instructed KCC to minimise expenses shouldered by the farmers to increase their profits.
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