Kenya, Uganda veterinary officials in joint vaccination drive

The Principal Secretary for Fisheries Andrew Tuimur address an inter-Ministerial Committee members where he said Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) has sent home 119 employees in its staff rationalization programme during a board meeting at the Mombasa Beach Hotel, July 07, 2016. He said the staff rationalization plan has gone hand in hand with its ongoing Shs. 1.8 billion modernization programme. [PHOTO BY GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD].

Kenyan and Ugandan veterinary officials will carry out joint vaccination drives along the common borders in a campaign to control livestock diseases and improve livelihoods of pastoralists.

The officials meet in Kitale to deliberate on the drive that is funded by the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (Igad).

Principal Secretary in charge of Livestock Andrew Tuimur opened the joint discussion that is also attended by elders from Turkana and Pokot.