Policies holding back livestock sector

With about 17.4 million cattle, 17 million sheep, 27.7 million goats and 2.6 million camels, Kenya has immense livestock resources.

It is estimated that this sector accounts for about 10 per cent of GDP and about 42 per cent of the agricultural GDP. It however faces numerous challenges, the biggest being lack of a centralised approach to development and growth of the sector as a single entity. Within the livestock sector, the dairy sub-sector is a little more developed and structured relative to beef cattle, goats, sheep and camel.