Munya moves to stop dairy collapse

KCC MD Nickson Sigei shows President Uhuru Kenyatta, milk products produced at the refurbished and equipped Dandora factory. [Collins Kweyu]

Trade Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya has moved into action to reverse the possible catastrophic collapse of the dairy sector following a sharp price decline of producer milk prices that have led­ farmers gasping for alternative investment.

However, Munya’s interventions will first benefit the processors who are then expected to pass those benefits to the farmers, meaning a longer wait for the squeezed producers.