Brookside and Spin Knit complete merger

“All the contracted farmers from Spin Knit are now on board the Brookside family. We have got a bigger farmers’ base,” said Mr Gethi.

Brookside is planning to stimulate higher consumption as well as motivate farmers through increased pay.

“Our success relies on wide network of farmers and ready markets. We will soon open a collection centre in Njoro near Nakuru where Spin Knit was strongest, “ added Gethi.

Brookside is a private company founded in 1993 following the deregulation of the dairy sector in the early 1990s.

Based in Ruiru, Brookside, now has a 40 per cent share of the Kenyan dairy market, with milk sourced from 120,000 suppliers.

Seven per cent of these are commercial farmers and the remainder are small scale producers.

Established in 1996, Spin Knit Dairy which produces Tuzo, Lea and Ever fresh milk brands started as a mini-dairy processing plant in Nakuru.

It employs about 700 workers. Spin knit controls 11 per cent of milk intake.

Brook side says all the former workers of Spin Knit were absorbed into the expanded business unit.