Poultry Co-operative Society in Yatta constituency of Machakos County has held its first general meeting since its adoption in 2013.
The Poultry Co-operative Society, which has 107 registered members, is also set to elect a new task force to spearhead the activities of farmers who keep indigenous chicken.
Speaking to the press before the meeting held at Trans National Sacco shade in Yatta, the vice chairman of the committee which initiated the project, Elly Mogire, said that the already registered members will be briefed and will there after choose the leaders according to the policies guiding co-operative societies in Kenya.
“We shall brief all registered members and thereafter we shall elect leaders to spearhead this project to formalize the group as stipulated in the Co-operative societies Act,” the vice chair said.
Mogire said that the project is expected to officially kick off after new leaders are in office urging people to join the group which she added targets a person earning a minimum of Sh150 per day.
Linus Muli, a member of the pioneering team urged the county government to fund the group to enable the members within the entire constituency breed chicken easily.
“We urge the donors and the government at the county level to support our project with funds to ensure we can sell the chickens to big hotels and be able to improve our living standards,” he said.
The vice chairperson added that farmers will give out their chicken to the group and will receive a bonus after the sale of the mature poultry and eggs.