New regulations spell doom for small scale dairy farmers

An African woman milking. (File, Standard)

Farmers will pay hefty fines of up to a half a million shillings among a raft of other punitive measures and levies should proposed dairy industry regulations be adopted.

The a half a million shilling fine relates to contraventions, including selling of milk to hawkers. The regulations force farmers to pasteurise their own milk or send to a milk cooling facility if they lack capacity.