OSIEPE has plans to invest further in the 2-acre plot located at Shauri Moyo Village (an industrial estate in Muhoroni Town) by building a modern farmers’ resource center, women managed fodder nursery, additional capacity for chilling, pasteurization and packaging for target markets, modern dairy farm unit, hay barn, outlets for Agrovet services and other retail and bulk dairy product distribution facilities. Local consumers witnessed fast hand how modern and fully automated milk chilling process works. Hiring process for a plant management and technical team is underway.
At the technical testing and handing over ceremony partners and stakeholders from ILRI/AVCD project, Kisumu County, Local leaders, various farmers cooperatives expressed satisfaction with this modern facility which has been delivered on time. As an investment by OSIEPE CBO, it represents the county government’s desire for local stewardship of the development process. We are alive to the fact that now more than ever before in the county – tich tire.