Livestock keepers in pastoral counties have lamented over the failure by county governments to set aside budgetary allocations to support the ailing sector.
The livestock farmers are putting their respective county governments on a tight spot over low budgetary allocation to the sector.
According to Kenya Markets Trust (KMT), livestock predominant counties only offer a paltry three to five percent of their summative funds to the sector.
KMT Livestock director, Ali Hassan issued that most pastoral counties allocate a lion’s share to education, health and roads locking out the important livestock industry.
Hassan added that the misallocation by the counties has slowed down the growth prospects of the sector which is the main source of livelihood of 85 percent of pastoralist communities. In the just approved county budgets, Garissa County only allocated eight percent of its budget to the sector.
Last week, Livestock executives from eight ASAL counties met to discuss on the constraints facing the sector and also explored ways of unlocking the barriers.