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Venture that could be Bungoma’s cash cow

Venture that could be Bungoma’s cash cow
Pauline Muchai is keen to see that residents of Bungoma County embrace dairy farming to boost their livelihood. (Photo:Nduta Kamau)

At the mention of dairy farming 47-year-old Pauline Muchai’s face effortlessly illuminates. The dairy farming crusader in Bungoma County hopes to bridge the 80% deficit of milk which is imported from neighboring Counties. This is a sure case of passion leading you to one’s destiny. Pauline, a teacher by profession is a trained Dairy technologist and Accredited service provider with Kenya Dairy Board (KDB) in Western province.

Pauline is a Lead farmer with a microfinance. Opportunity Kenya Limited (OKL) in Bungoma County. Every week she meets three different Dairy farmer groups to train them in all aspects of dairy farming from value addition, financial education, budgeting and risk management and investment.

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