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Poultry farmers get free chicks as Covid-19 bites

Mama Hadija Nganyi (centre) distributes kienyeji chickens to self-help groups in Kakamega County. PHOTO | AMOS NGAIRA | NATION MEDIA GROUP

What you need to know:

  • She has donated 3,000 chicks in Khwisero, Matungu, Mumias and Butere constituencies. This has been facilitated through contacts with various self-help groups and the local administration.

  • In the coming weeks, she is looking forward to taking more chicks to Navakholo, Malava, Lurambi, Shinyalu, Ikolomani, Likuyani and Lugari constituencies.

With the Covid-19 pandemic taking its toll on most enterprises countrywide, a poultry keeper in Kakamega County has begun assisting other farmers by supplying them with chicks to help boost their businesses.

Mama Hadija Nganyi, a trained sociologist in Mumias, has for the past three months been supplying month-old improved kienyeji chicks to farmers who are keen to increase their production.