Sh600m set aside to buy livestock through Kenya Meat Commission

A pasteuralist shows carcass of a cow near a herd of others at drought hit Bangale village in Tana River County. The County is among those at the Coast that is faced with severe drought and famine. The Government will, through the Kenya Meat Commission, buy animals worth Sh600 million from pastoralist communities in Mandera. (PHOTO: MAARUFU MOHAMED/ STANDARD)

The Government will, through the Kenya Meat Commission, buy animals worth Sh600 million from pastoralist communities in Mandera.

National Assembly Agriculture, Livestock and Co-operatives Committee chair Adan Mohamed Noor is now urging residents to sell off some of their livestock from being ravaged by drought as the region experienced its worst drought in five years due to delayed rainfall.