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Joel Ngengi and wife Mary Sopilal inside dairy shed preparing to milk their dairy cows, in Mashuru Kajiado East. [Nanjinia Wamuswa]

It is 3pm and Joel Ngengi and his wife Mary Sopilal are busy preparing to milk their two dairy cows, in Mashuru, Kajiado County.

“After milking, we take the milk to the market immediately,” says Ngengi. Because of demand, the sooner it gets to the market the better. Ms Sopilal sells her milk at nearby towns of Masimba, Emali and Mashuru. But the prices vary.