Pastoral counties decry low budget allocation for livestock sector

Livestock officers immunise goats at Qubi Galo Village, in Marsabit County. Livestock farmers in 14 pastoral counties blame low budget allocation to problems the sub-sector faces.

Livestock farmers in 14 pastoral counties are putting respective county governments on the spot over low budgetary allocation to the livestock sector.

According to Kenya Markets Trust (KMT), livestock predominant counties only give a paltry three to five per cent of their total funds to the sector.