Dairy farmers cry foul over cheap milk from Uganda

Processors in Uganda buy raw milk from farmers for as low as Sh10 per litre compared to firms in Kenya, which offer between Sh25 and Sh30 per litre. Photo: courtesy

Dairy farmers in the North Rift want Parliament and the Kenya Dairy Board to enact measures to check the influx of cheap milk imports from neighbouring countries.

The farmers, speaking in Kitale, complained that the influx was ruining their livelihoods and destroying the local dairy sector.