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On the trail of cattle rustling

The investigation established how stolen livestock end up in butcheries in major
townsthrough a network of raiders who use markets to ‘clean’ the stolen animals.
[PHOTOS: FILE/STANDARD]

By Paul Wafula

The livestock buying network of State-owned meat processor Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) has loopholes that have seen Kenyans feasting on stolen animals from warring pastoralist communities.

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