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Dairy farmers in West Pokot are smiling all the way to the bank. This follows a payment of Sh. 330 million from the supply of raw milk to Brookside.
The earnings represented a 10 per cent jump over income in 2015. Brookside Dairy attributed the growth to commercialisation of dairy farming in the higher altitude areas of the county.
“The existence of a number of dairy co-operative societies and self-help groups in West Pokot has played a role in the growth of raw milk volumes procured from the county,” said Brookside’s director of milk procurement John Gethi.
The country is currently facing a shortage of raw milk as a prolonged dry season bites.
