Economy & Politics In Marsabit County, slaughtering goats helps save herdersA herder drives goats to a water pan in Laisamis, Marsabit County on June 1,2015. But a programme in Marsabit County that buys livestock that might otherwise die of starvation is helping preserve pastoralists’ main source of income. In a shelter near the pen in North Horr, four villagers hired by the Red Cross slaughter the purchased goats and hang the carcasses until they are distributed. The destocking programme has been implemented in five Kenyan counties hit the hardest by drought, including Marsabit County. Talaso Chucha, regional coordinator for the Kenya Red Cross, said the agency had so far bought, slaughtered and donated the meat of about 1,500 sheep and goats in Marsabit County.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 09, 2017 11:38 UTC