The government in collaboration with Kenya Red Cross has started a livestock destocking programme in Laikipia County where about 1,216 cattle are expected to be slaughtered and meat offered to vulnerable households.
The exercise targets to cushion livestock keepers against incurring losses due to the ravaging drought situation in the county.
“In the livestock offtake programme, we are buying animals from the community because the government understands they are dying due to the biting…
