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Dairy farmers milk county’s empowerment project

Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya launches the dairy programme at Friends Secondary School Kongoni in Likuyani. [PHOTO; BENJAMIN SAKWA/STANDARD]

Households will get free dairy cows in a project Kakamega County says will raise milk production and help farmers diversify agricultural produce.  The county has pumped in Sh55 million into the project so that the 600 dairy cows it purchased will be given to farmers in 10 households in each of its 60 wards.

Governor Wycliffe Oparanya says the county is working with other development partners in this 10-year venture.

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