Farmers now demand independent tests of livestock vaccines

Njeri Gatheca from Naiposha dairy farm in Naivasha feeds dairy cattle with hay amid an increase in prices of livestock feed by over 50 percent in the last two years. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

Farmers from Trans Nzoia have demanded an independent evaluation and laboratory tests of the vaccines before they can consider the cattle jab exercise propagated by the government.

The farmers are among those who read foul play in the exercise and want to be allowed to know the chemical composition of the vaccines from private veterinary officers.