President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday said the funds would be used to purchase surplus milk from dairy farmers, to be converted into powder form for future use. Last November, then Agriculture CAS Andrew Tuimur said the ministry had requested Sh2 billion through the Strategic Food Reserve (SFR) to cater for processing of excess milk into powder. According to Tuimur, excess milk production has seen the price of a litre of milk at the farm level drop to range between Sh23-Sh28 compared to Sh30-Sh32 early last year. Dairy farmers said controls on milk imports would help revive dairy farming adding that they hoped New KCC would absorb the excess milk that has been going to waste. “We had very high production due to the heavy rains and importation of milk had worsened the situation pushing milk prices too low.

Source: The Star January 14, 2020 13:41 UTC