How Kajiado is turning into real farming hub

Judith Nzilani (left), a horticultural farmer in Kajiado County, harvests cowpea leaves (Kunde). [Eustance Maina]

Kajiado is among counties popularly known for cattle rearing, as most residents are nomadic pastoralists who migrate within the region and the outskirts in search of pastures and water.

While the larger community mostly relies on cattle produce of milk and meat for livelihood, the growing cosmopolitan nature of the county helping diversity the nomadic lifestyle to farming.