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Regulator bans milk hawking as shortage persists
A milk vendor serves a customer at a Nyeri shop last June. Major milk processors have expressed concern over competition from hawkers, saying that nearly half of the milk produced by farmers finds its way to the informal market. Photo/File
The Kenya Dairy Board (KDB) has banned hawking of raw milk in a directive that could tilt the ground in favour of licensed processors currently battling for market share with informal traders.
Milk processors recently raised retail prices citing a shortage which has forced them to increase payment to farmers to lure them from diverting their supplies to hawkers who are said to offer better prices.
