Goat upgrade chosen
as priority project
By Daniel Kituku
Over 400 Makueni farmers today received breeding goats in a major livestock improvement programme in the county.
It marked the beginning of the Department of Agriculture's goat improvement programme geared towards milk and meat production.
The program was the priority set out by farmers in Kikumbulyu during their Public Participation meetings.
The programme involves provision of breeding bucks and capacity building to farmers on best goat farming practices .
Speaking at Kikumbulyu in Kibwezi East during the commissioning of the programme, Makueni Deputy Governor Ms. Lucy Mulili said the Galla goat has a faster growth rate, high weight and produces high milk yields.
Ms.Mulili congratulated Kikumbulyu South Residents for using the Makueni Public Participation model to ask the government to buy them Galla goat as part development projects.
She urged other wards in Makueni to take up the challenge in the forth coming 2023/ 24 budget preparation process to propose Livestock improvement projects .
Agriculture Minister Makueni Joyce Mutua who hosted the Deputy Governor lauded the move and asked Makueni Residents to prioritise agriculture, irrigation and Livestock projects during in this year's public participation.
