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Dairy farmers in Kenya threaten to cut milk supplies to processors

Retired teacher Lawrence Njuguna milking his cow. [PHOTO: JOHN KARUME/STANDARD]

ELDORET: Dairy farmers have threatened to stop supplying raw milk to processing plants citing exploitative prices. The farmers are disappointed over what they termed as failure by the processors to involve them when they recently cut raw milk farm gate prices.

Speaking in Eldoret during an Annual General Meeting that brought together dairy farmers from various parts of the country, Kenya Dairy Farmers Federation Chairperson Richard Tuwei said they will rally behind all farmers to stop selling their milk to processors until an agreement on prices is made.

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