Ministry Announces Nationwide Crackdown on Some Hawkers

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The announcement came during the flagging off of a Ksh1.43 billion flagship at Uhuru Park in Nairobi on May 20, to support dairy farmers across the country.

CS Kagwe warned against brokers and hawkers selling raw milk directly to consumers, pointing out that the practice poses a serious and growing risk to the health of Kenyan families.

“Milk hawking must stop. It is dangerous, it is a health issue, and it destroys the ability to create value-added dairy products,” said CS Kagwe.

📌 What You Need to Know

He warned that millions of families, especially young children, are consuming milk that cannot be traced, tested, or guaranteed safe, exposing them to diseases and contamination daily.

CS Kagwe urged parents to take personal responsibility, saying that if they have young children, feeding them quality and traceable milk was the only sure way to avoid serious health problems such as diarrhoea.

He further accused milk hawking networks of undermining processors, weakening dairy cooperatives, and denying farmers better earnings from processed dairy products such as yoghurt, cheese, and milk powder that have costly market prices.

Under the new reforms, processors and cooperatives will be required to strengthen traceability systems, identifying farmers, tracking their production levels, and verifying the source of every litre reaching the market.

Of note is that the government is distributing 230 milk coolers countrywide under the Ksh1.43 billion programme, with 95 units already deployed and the remaining coolers set to reach dairy cooperatives across the country in phases, and is intended to counter the scourge of cartels in the industry.

“ Many brokers are selling milk directly to consumers. Milk coolers will help organise farmers and reduce hawking,” stated Kagwe.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke

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