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Dairy society eyes new products for growth

Workers at the Githunguri Dairy plant in Kiambu. Over 10,000 dairy farmers in Kiambu County are up in arms over new regulations on co-operative societies. FILE

When 31 disgruntled dairy farmers decided to contribute Sh1 each for every litre of milk sold and register a co-operative in 1961, there was no telling that they were laying the foundation for a multi-billion-shilling business.

The enterprise that became Githunguri Dairy Farmers Co-operative Society last year grossed Sh6 billion in annual turnover and has attracted a couple of buyout bids.

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