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Igad, UN agency sign Sh1 billion deal to promote livestock trade
Police guard cattle recovered from suspected rustlers in Isiolo. Igad and FAO are leading an initiative to end cattle rustling among Kenyan communities and regional neighbours. PHOTO | FILE
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and a UN agency have signed a Sh1 billion partnership agreement to promote livestock trade and end cattle rustling between Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia over the next five years.
The programme, which is being funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Corporation (SDC), will be jointly managed and implemented by Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and IGAD.