LIVESTOCK POLICY IMPLEMENTATION AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF LIVESTOCK MARKETING INFRASTRUCTURE IN SAMBURU COUNTY, KENYA
Abstract
Marketing of livestock has majorly been impacted by Inadequacy of livestock market set-ups and policies governing the value chain in the sector. Most counties especially the ones in ASAL regions in Kenya have formulated policies regarding Livestock as it the main source of livelihoods for its population. .Despite the existence of livestock policies in form of sessional paper number 3 of the year 2020 and the Samburu’s Livestock Sale yards Act, (2018), that was formulated to boost the livestock sector in the county, the implementation, and maintenance as well as the sustainability of the market infrastructure is still wanting given the poor state of livestock sale yards in the county as revealed by the study outcomes. The study was geared towards evaluating the Livestock Policy Implementation and the Sustainability of Livestock Marketing Infrastructure in Samburu County in Kenya. The research’s objectives were to scrutinize in what manner stakeholder’s involvement affects sustainability, establish the effects of revenue sharing, to evaluate the effects of networking among stakeholders and finally to define the magnitude at which the capacity of managing committee influence the sustainability of livestock sale yards in Samburu County. The research study was anchored on the Stakeholders and Collaborative Policy Networks theories. The target population was 7266 persons comprising of sale yards management committee, County government officials and yard sales stakeholders in Samburu county. Both stratified and purposive sampling techniques were utilized while choosing the required sample scope for the study. The study employed descriptive design and used semi-structured questionnaires and an interview guide. The collected data was analyzed using SPSS and by both inferential and descriptive indicators. The results of the research were presented through pie charts, frequency tables, percentages as well as graphs. Regression model was utilized to ascertain the existed correlation between the independent variables and the dependent variable as well as demonstrating future correlation between the variables. The study established that 10 out of 18 livestock sales yard representing 56% were in dilapidated state, indicating that there was a big problem in their management as well as its sustainability .The study also established that only 33.3% of the officials of the livestock sales yards’ management committee kept the updated lists of stakeholders, while 66.7% did not keep stakeholder’s lists. Similarly, the study established that only 16.7% of livestock sales yards’ markets held annual general meetings (AGMs), whereas 83.3% did not. The study too established that only 45.5% received support, while the remaining 54.5% did not get support from either institutions. The findings indicated that the major support received was for the construction of markets at 66.6% followed by capacity building at 61% of the management committee and the least support was from influencing revenue shares. The study found out that 74.5% of the stakeholders had not participated in any sales yards’ activities and further 62.5% of the respondents were not satisfied with the performance of management committee of the Livestock sales yards in Samburu County. The study concluded that there was minimal County government support on critical issues regarding the management of livestock sales yards especially in the areas of capacity building, financial management, record keeping, and facilitation in holding annual general meetings (AGMs) as well as auditing of the revenue shared and developments at the respective 18 sales yards in Samburu county. These gaps critically affected the sustainability of the Livestock sale yards in Samburu County. The study recommends that cess revenue collection should be done in an organized manner with similar receipt and similar amount for the livestock in all the 18 Livestock Sale Yards in Samburu County.
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