In Summary
•The official said the ministry would provide the affected families with 5,000 bags of maize seed, 5,000 bags of DAP fertiliser and 5,000 bags of top dressing fertiliser.
•“The ministry will also provide 2,500 beehives in Baringo North Sub-County alone. We are planning to have a 300-acre demonstration plot, where farmers will get hay for their livestock,” said Mr Koskei.
By WYCLIFF KIPSANG
Some Sh100 million has been set aside to help 5,000 people from cattle rustling-prone areas in Baringo County go back home. Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Felix Koskei said four tractors had been released for use by the affected families in Baringo South and Baringo North to plough their land, covering more than 4,000 acres.
“We call on the displaced to go back to their homes to ensure meaningful development takes place. The ministry is committed to ensuring that residents become self-reliant,” said Mr Koskei when he handed over the tractors at Kagir in Baringo North.
“The police have already beefed up security in the volatile areas,” he added.
The official said the ministry would provide the affected families with 5,000 bags of maize seed, 5,000 bags of DAP fertiliser and 5,000 bags of top dressing fertiliser.
The families have not known peace since 2005.
BEE HIVES
They will also receive 5,000 bags of beans, 20,000 kilogrammes of green grams and 10,000 kilogrammes of cow peas.
“The ministry will also provide 2,500 beehives in Baringo North Sub-County alone. We are planning to have a 300-acre demonstration plot, where farmers will get hay for their livestock,” said Mr Koskei.
The ministry has launched a programme under which pastoralists will be given dairy goats to boost their incomes. Each household will receive a goat. Each ward will have an artificial insemination specialist.
Mr Koskei said his ministry was planning to build dams to ease water shortages and boost irrigation in the county.
“Each household will be given 10 chickens to make women self-reliant,” he added.
The police have stepped up efforts to evict Pokot herders from Tiaty Sub-County, who have made life unbearable for residents of Baringo North and Baringo South.