New Livestock Bill Set To Restrict Unregistered Farmers and Impose Upto Ksh 500,00 Fine
The proposed Livestock Bill 2024, introduced by Kikuyu legislator Kimani Ichung’wa, will establish a new Authority tasked with regulating inputs and products from all types of livestock, including cattle, pigs, poultry, bees, sheep, goats, and camels.
- The bill prohibits unregistered livestock farmers from producing animal feeds for sale and imposes a fine of KSh 500,000 or one year in prison if this provision is violated.
- The authority will also specify the types of inputs to be used in livestock production and recommends a KSh 1 million fine or two years in prison if a livestock farmer uses prohibited ingredients.
- The Livestock Inputs and Products Regulatory Authority will be led by a chairperson appointed by the President, along with the Principal Secretary in Charge of Livestock, the Director of Veterinary Services, the Director of Livestock Production, and a County Executive Committee Member appointed by the Council of Governors.
LIVESTOCK BILL 2024!!
— Hon. Steve Mbogo (@HonSteveMbogo) July 28, 2024
The Globalists/ BILL GATES using their Puppets in kenya Government now wants you to register your cow, goat, sheep, bees, and chicken.
So that they can sell your livestock their GMO feeds at their price and enslave you.
If you feed your cow organic feed… https://t.co/WjWwFFQGdr pic.twitter.com/H7blo56FRF
“The Authority shall also monitor the utilization of imported and local animal genetic resources intended for breed improvement. It shall also regulate the production, processing, sale, and importation of hive products,” the bill enumerates.
The Authority will carry out the majority of its functions under the leadership of a CEO appointed by management for a three-year term.
The bill empowers the authority to register commercial livestock keepers and establishes a national database for the sector’s value chain.
It is intended to determine minor details such as which feeds are permitted and the quality of livestock products for export.
The bill will also create a number of institutions dedicated to specific functions aimed at increasing sector productivity.
The Livestock Inputs and Product Regulatory Authority, Kenya Livestock Research Organisation, Livestock and Livestock Products Marketing Board, and Kenya Veterinary Vaccines Institute are some of them.
The bill also proposes a list of training centers, which will strengthen these institutions further.
They include the Animal Health and Industry Training, the Meat Training Institute, the Dairy Training Institute, the Livestock Training Institute, and the National Beekeeping Institute.
Students from these institutions must be certified by the Livestock Training Institutions Examinations Board.
“The livestock training institutions shall be responsible for the development and review of training curricula, the discipline of trainees in the livestock training institutes, assessment and conduct of examinations for academic programmes and conducting research in livestock sciences and disseminate the research findings,” the bill stated.
While the bill positions itself as an important component in the revival of the battered and largely unregulated livestock sector, the specific demands it makes raise questions about the government’s ability to fully implement it.
If passed into law, the Livestock Bill may also create a slew of new government positions, even as calls for austerity and wage burden reduction grow louder.
New Livestock Bill Set To Restrict Unregistered Farmers and Impose Upto Ksh 500,00 Fine
