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Cheap milk from South Africa, Europe hurts Kenyan exports

Brookside Dairy workers pack milk into boxes. Kenya Dairy Processors Association chairman Nixon Sigey said the high cost of production in Kenya is making the country’s milk uncompetitive in the export market. PHOTO | FILE

What you need to know:

  • Processors say the high cost of production in Kenya is making the country’s milk uncompetitive in the export market.

Kenya’s dairy products are being hurt by cheaper milk on sale in the region from South Africa and Europe, denying local processors a lucrative export market.

Kenya Dairy Processors Association chairman Nixon Sigey said the high cost of production in Kenya is making the country’s milk uncompetitive in the export market.