Governor Prof Anyang' Nyong'o. [Photo|Anyang Nyong'o]

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Kisumu Governor Prof Anyang' Nyong'o is on Friday, December 8, scheduled to officiate the groundbreaking of the Sh26 milk cooling plant in Muhoroni.

The County government of Kisumu in collaboration with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is setting up the plant in Muhoroni sub-county to enhance dairy farming in Kisumu County.

The project targets Nyabondo in Nyakach and Nyahera in Kisumu West sub-counties.Governor Nyong'o alongside his Deputy Dr Ochieng' Owili will lead the groundbreaking ceremony at Shauri Moyo estate.During a meeting with stakeholders recently, Nyong'o said Kisumu has a population estimate of one million people with an area cover of 2086Km2

"Currently Kisumu produces 26 million kilograms of milk annually yet it has an annual consumption demand of 70 million kilograms. Exotic breeds and their crosses give 60% and 40% of the indigenous."

The project is a USAID funded with ILRI as the Implementing partner.

During the ceremony, the implementation team will be represented by

1. Dr. Romano Kiome - ILRI Chief of Party (COP-AVCD Program)2. Dr. James Rege - Coordinator AVCD - Dairy VC3. Amos Nkaiwatei - AVCD program mgr and the project technical team.

Dairy farming is a paramount source of livelihood to many Kenyans as it contributes 4.5 per cent of the country's Gross Domestic Product.Smallholders farmers produce 80 per cent of the national milk as 20 per cent come from large-scale farmers.