By JAMES KARIUKIThe
government will roll out a livestock insurance to all fourteen arid and
semi-arid counties to help safeguard cattle during drought.
Cabinet
Secretary Judi Wakhungu said the uptake of the product had hit 11,800
households with an insured premium of Sh 5.3 billion since the beginning
of the year. She said the 5,012 pastoralists who insured animals
last year received Sh15 million compensation after their region suffered
drought leading to livestock deaths. The CS spoke at the
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kabete in Nairobi
when she joined ILRI staff in honouring Andrew Mude with a Sh1 million
Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application. The
economist was hailed for championing development and actualisation of
the Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) product, which has been in
the making for the past eight years. Announcing the 2016 winner,
World Food Prize Foundation President Ambassador Kenneth Quinn hailed Dr
Mude’s work saying time had come for Kenya to appreciate innovators’
works that touch the lives of the lowest in society. SOURCE: NMG
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