Kenya’s livestock and meat industry targets $7.8 billion earnings from exports to Middle East and Asia
Among the key resolutions include fast-tracking the roll-out of the Animal Identification and Traceability System (ANITRAC) in all the 47 counties. The principal secretary said that adopting the new system will not only open up Kenya’s livestock products to the international export markets but will also ensure that the sector complies with international sanitary and phyto-sanitary standards currently demanded by the premium meat market.
State convenes inter-county talks to defuse looming drought-driven conflicts in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands
Elders from Isiolo urged migrant herders to respect local grazing guidelines that had earlier been agreed by all herders from Isiolo, Garissa and Wajir counties.
After decades on fringes Kenya plans to pump more capital into neglected pastoralist economy
The principal secretary further suggested that future meetings should be held in locations of pastoralist communities rather than in capital cities. Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Deputy Executive Secretary Mohamed Abdi Ware underscored the importance of shifting perceptions about pastoralist communities.
