The government will establish a 5,000-acre feedlot in Baringo as it seeks to end perennial insecurity in the county.
EAC, Asals and Regional Development CS Peninah Malonza said on Tuesday the move is necessary in finding a long-lasting solution to the problem.
She said her ministry will involve residents in the creation of the feedlots. She said the livestock will be provided with water and pasture until they mature.
“We will be managing the livestock and safeguarding them and the farmers will get a chance to sell them after about three years of their maturity and start all over again. This way, they will fetch high income and sustain livelihoods,” Malonza said.
The CS said eight schools have been closed and some residents fled to safer areas due to insecurity.
She spoke during a food distribution drive for internally displaced people at Koibaware Primary School in Saimo Soi, Baringo North constituency.
Residents received 560 bags of rice and an equal quantity of beans from the national government. This was an addition to the more than 1,100 bags of food rations they had received the previous week.
Malonza was accompanied by Baringo county commissioner Stephen Kutwa, Baringo Woman Representative Florence Jematiah and MP Joseph Makilap.
Kutwa said his security team has for the past week been engaging members from warring communities to ensure stolen livestock are returned to their owners.
He called for more food donations to help the IDPs.
Makilap urged the displaced persons, including those who have moved to Kerio Valley, to be registered by humanitarian agencies so they can get support.
Jematiah said children and women have borne the heaviest brunt and need immediate support even as the government seeks a long-term solution to the problem.
