Group of 12,000 chicken farmers invest in Sh15m slaughter house

Beatrice Manono collects eggs from her 500 layers. She is part of the farmers’ group. [Duncan Ocholla, Standard]

Necessity is the mother of invention, they say. That is indeed the thinking a group of 12 farmers had when they came together to start a Sh15million chicken slaughterhouse.

Having seen the demand for improved kienyeji breeds in Kakamega county, they saw the need to pool their resources and start a chicken slaughter house.