{"id":118699,"date":"2025-07-24T11:03:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T11:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/07\/24\/govt-begins-bulk-milk-coolers-distrinbution-to-counties\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T11:03:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T11:03:18","slug":"govt-begins-bulk-milk-coolers-distrinbution-to-counties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/govt-begins-bulk-milk-coolers-distrinbution-to-counties\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt begins bulk milk coolers distrinbution to counties"},"content":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 24 \u2013 The government has begun the distribution and installation of bulk milk coolers to counties in engineered effort to accelerate transformation in the dairy sector by increasing production and cushioning farmers against post-harvest loss.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The initiative was kicked off last month by President William Ruto in Meru County with the distribution of the first batch of 15 bulk milk coolers to farmer-owned cooperatives, with a total of 230 coolers set to be distributed across 40 counties. <\/p>\n

Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe, on Thursday led the distribution of an additional 8 bulk milk coolers to dairy farmer cooperatives under the Livestock Value Chain Support Project.<\/p>\n

The project is aimed at facilitating the transformation of smallholder farmers\u2019 systems that will enable their transition from subsistence to commercial farming through increased value addition and market participation.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the flag-off in Nyeri, the CS said the coolers will be pivotal in enhancing value addition and cooperative milk handling capacity, which is a key part in addressing infrastructural challenges that have hampered the dairy industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cDairy farmers across the country play a significant role in contributing to the country\u2019s milk basket. Therefore, the supply of these milk coolers will not only boost storage but also improve milk quality, marketability, and ultimately farmer incomes, which is our primary goal. The 230 milk coolers will increase national chilling capacity by 475,000 litres daily,\u201d said CS Kagwe.<\/p>\n

In efforts to boost the dairy sector, the CS said the government will invest in both private and public milk processors to ensure that all milk produced by farmers is collected, processed for the local market and exported to other markets.<\/p>\n

The dairy industry is a backbone of Kenya\u2019s agricultural economy, contributing 4% to the GDP and supporting over 2 million people directly and indirectly. In 2024, Kenya produced an estimated 5.3 billion litres of milk, 80% of which came from smallholder farmers. <\/p>\n

Each year, the country loses an estimated 6% of marketed milk to post-harvest losses which is approximately 175 million litres per year valued at Sh7.9bn.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jul 24 \u2013 The government has begun the distribution and installation of bulk milk coolers to counties in engineered effort to accelerate transformation in the dairy sector by increasing production and cushioning farmers against post-harvest loss. The initiative was kicked off last month by President William Ruto in Meru County with the distribution […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118699\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}