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Pig farmers raise the alarm over cartels, weak laws

A man inspects a pig farm: Pig keepers are raising the alarm over low prices that could collapse the business. Photo/Jared Nyataya

Pig farmers are weighing options on staying in the business after what they say is the invasion of cartels, lax regulation and poor marketing.

In Mount Kenya, farmers who a few years ago dropped dairy business to start search for tidy sums in rearing pigs, say the future is bleak without urgent intervention.

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