State buys drought-hit cattle for Sh10,000 in Mandera

The National Drought Management Authority is paying Sh2,000 for every goat and Sh10,000 for cattle. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) has started a destocking programme in Mandera County to reduce the effects of drought.

County co-ordinator Hussein Alio said the programme involves buying goats and cattle from pastoralists, slaughtering them and distributing the meat to those in hardest-hit areas.

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