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AfricaPress-Kenya: <\/strong>Paul Kipsiele Koech, the 2004 Olympic 3,000m steeplechase bronze medalist, is not your ordinary Kenyan celebrity.<\/p>\n

He has established a multi-million shilling business empire. But the coronavirus pandemic has dealt him a big blow.<\/p>\n

He runs Kaso Dairy Farm and Kaso Bakeries in\u00a0Kapchepkoro in Sotik, Bomet County.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe situation is a blow not only to me as an athlete but as a businessman and a farmer. I supply bread to four secondary schools within the county. There is no substitute market now that the schools were closed abruptly.<\/p>\n

\u201cI also supply milk to dispensers in Kaplong, Litein and Sotik. The demand has gone down in recent weeks. Most of the farmers will bear huge loses,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Kipsiele says the farm currently produces more than 350 litres of milk daily. Had they sold this milk to processors at the market price of Sh30, the farm would make Sh10,000 daily from raw milk.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the moment, I sell my milk to Kenya Cooperative Creameries (KCC) in Sotik. I ferry it there daily,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Kipsiele, who is best known to have competed in 67 international competitions in 3,000m steeplechase race, made brilliant steps in his dairy farming.<\/p>\n

He has adopted value-addition as a way of reaping maximum returns and makes yoghurt and fermented milk (mala).<\/p>\n

\u201cI sought help from professionals to ensure that I head in the right direction,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He started with three cows which he used to give him between 18 and 20 litres per day in 2005.<\/p>\n

He tried his hand in dairy farming after earning Sh300,000 at the Golden League in Stockholm, Sweden.<\/p>\n

He set up a zero-grazing unit for his cows while improving their feeds.<\/p>\n

At the moment, he uses 200 litres of to make yoghurt and\u00a0mala every day.<\/p>\n

The yoghurt sells at Sh120 per litre while\u00a0mala goes for Sh80 per litre.<\/p>\n

The remaining milk is sold directly to consumers at Sh50 per litre.<\/p>\n

Kipsiele says he juggles between training sessions and his businesses.<\/p>\n

\u201cI go for training and thereafter get back to the farm. It is not easy managing the crisis.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope the situation will be put under control very soon so that we can resume our daily routine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

As an ambassador of Absa Bank, Kipsiele is among a legion of world-beating athletes that stand to\u00a0 lose millions of money in product endorsements after signing lucrative deals.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were set to have two functions but the situation could not allow to do so,\u201d said Kipsiele, the third-fastest steeplechaser in history at 7:54.31.<\/p>\n

World record-holders Eliud Kipchoge (marathon), David Rudisha (800m), 2007 world 800m champion Janeth Jepkosgei and four-time Boston Marathon winner Catherine Ndereba are other Absa Bank ambassadors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya: Paul Kipsiele Koech, the 2004 Olympic 3,000m steeplechase bronze medalist, is not your ordinary Kenyan celebrity. He has established a multi-million shilling business empire. But the coronavirus pandemic has dealt him a big blow. He runs Kaso Dairy Farm and Kaso Bakeries in\u00a0Kapchepkoro in Sotik, Bomet County. \u201cThe situation is a blow not only […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":5928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,17],"tags":[939,2262,2935,2936],"class_list":["post-5927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19-virus","tag-kipsiele","tag-paul-kipsiele-koech"],"yoast_head":"\nKipsiele cries over spilt milk as coronavirus causes more disruption - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Paul Kipsiele Koech, the 2004 Olympic 3,000m steeplechase bronze medalist, is not your ordinary Kenyan celebrity.He has established a multi-million\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/kipsiele-cries-over-spilt-milk-as-coronavirus-causes-more-disruption\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kipsiele cries over spilt milk as coronavirus causes more disruption\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Paul Kipsiele Koech, the 2004 Olympic 3,000m steeplechase bronze medalist, is not your ordinary Kenyan celebrity.He has established a multi-million\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/kipsiele-cries-over-spilt-milk-as-coronavirus-causes-more-disruption\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-12T17:40:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/28\/2020\/04\/ezejfav1be8qtmb55e922d44da6ba.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/kipsiele-cries-over-spilt-milk-as-coronavirus-causes-more-disruption#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/kipsiele-cries-over-spilt-milk-as-coronavirus-causes-more-disruption\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kipsiele cries over spilt milk as coronavirus causes more disruption\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-12T17:40:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/kipsiele-cries-over-spilt-milk-as-coronavirus-causes-more-disruption\"},\"wordCount\":452,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/kipsiele-cries-over-spilt-milk-as-coronavirus-causes-more-disruption#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/28\/2020\/04\/ezejfav1be8qtmb55e922d44da6ba.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Coronavirus\",\"covid-19 virus\",\"Kipsiele\",\"Paul Kipsiele Koech\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/kipsiele-cries-over-spilt-milk-as-coronavirus-causes-more-disruption#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/kipsiele-cries-over-spilt-milk-as-coronavirus-causes-more-disruption\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/kipsiele-cries-over-spilt-milk-as-coronavirus-causes-more-disruption\",\"name\":\"Kipsiele cries over spilt milk as coronavirus causes more disruption - 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