How dairy support programmes have liberated Kenyans

The public sometimes views veterinary doctors as a people in their own world defined by animals, diseases and accompanying drugs nexus. While this may be true, I must say practising veterinary medicine brings one into close proximity with humanity.

The troubles livestock farmers go through, the joys when they trample upon poverty, nutrition and food security inherent in livestock farming - these are good tidings that few trace back to veterinary surgeons. Today, I remove my white lab-coat, put aside my stethoscope and store away antibiotic bottles, syringes and needles so that I tell you a nice story. A story that could have ended badly had a vet not been at the centre of it.