Africa-Press – Kenya. President William Ruto has announced his administration will spend Sh3 billion in the next three years for the modernisation of Kenya Cooperative Creameries across the country.
Speaking during the commissioning of the modernised KCC Kaganjo Factory in Nyeri, Ruto said under the new programme, more facilities will be modernised for the betterment of the production of more milk.
“Part of the programme in the modernisation is to have plants across major towns to make sure when farmers produce milk, as a government we have a programme how the milk will be turned to money and our farmer make a living out of it,” he said.
In addition, Ruto said there is a plan for milk coolers for the farmers as transportation of milk takes time, and deteriorates its quality.
“We have a plan of 650 milk coolers which we will distribute to all wards to ensure good quality and quantity is produced and transported for processing,” he added.
The President also urged milk stakeholders to come up with plans to do away with brokers, and cartels in the milk industry to enable all farmers to collect their correct dues.
“Without the farmers who produce milk, we cannot have any other stakeholders in the sector. If farmers are not making money, every other person will be jobless. The farmer is king.”
Ruto said Kenyan products meet the quality of any market in the world.
“We have always produced quality products, and we are sure they meet the standard of any market in the world,” he noted.
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