Kilifi Governor Amason Kingi has announced the revamping the dairy sector in the county.
Kingi revealed that they are doing so by providing farmers with free dairy cows, adding value to the already existing dairy produce, putting up milk cooling plants, ensuring access to high quality feeds & training extension officers on modern agriculture.
In Marafa, Gede, Tezo, Bamba, Ganze and Ruruma the county government is putting more milk cooling plants so as to allow farmers store their milk longer, especially in areas with no ready market and create value addition through milk by-products.
Kingi said that these initiatives will boost incomes to families who derive their livelihood from dairy farming and attract others to take up the venture as a profitable business.
The Governor was speaking during the distribution of free dairy cows to farmers in Rabai-Kisurutini ward, Rabai Sub-County.
Other developmental projects that he is running include the Kilifi County Urban Upgrading Program that has changed the landscape of Malindi town through infrastructure development: road construction, street lighting and markets.
Through this program, more than 25Km of roads have been upgraded to either bitumen or Cabro standard. In Shella ward, the road from Pentagon-Muyeye-Malindi High School to Little Angel and from the Saba Saba junction to Ngala stage has been upgraded to bitumen standard.
In Malindi Town ward, we have upgraded over 7Km of murram roads to Cabro standard including the road from Malindi entry to Kienyeji Joint and Barani Secondary – Winners Chapel – Phamarcy – HGM to Ngala Stage.
Another example is the ongoing construction of a 3.5km Mini by- pass which interconnects Malindi and Sabaki wards from, BP stage towards Makaburini all the way to the Malindi Red Cross linking with the Lamu Highway at Woburn village.
Kingi says that the road will primarily be a diversion for heavy trucks moving towards Lamu and Tana River counties enhancing the free movement of goods and easing traffic flow in Malindi town.
In this financial year, Kilifi County has set aside funds for the recarpeting of the 5Km Malindi seafront road.
Opening up these areas has brought new investments and given the people of Malindi real opportunities with which we believe will contribute immensely to the enhancement of social and economic development.
We are revamping the dairy sector by providing farmers with free dairy cows, adding value to our already existing dairy produce, putting up milk cooling plants, ensuring access to high quality feeds & training extension officers on modern agriculture. #thisiskilifi #investkilifi pic.twitter.com/GI0CcWqMfD
— Amason J.Kingi, EGH. (@governorkingi) February 8, 2019