Audio By Vocalize
Veterinary officers administer drugs to a cow during one of the public engagements by the Kenya Veterinary Board. [Courtesy]
In the sprawling plains of Laikipia County, Peter Nderitu still remembers the year he lost half his dairy herd to a mysterious illness that swept through his neighbourhood like wildfire.
“I had called someone who claimed to be a vet, but he had no papers, no licence, and no proper medicines,” the father of four recalls, shaking his head at the memory.
“He gave my cows injections that did nothing, and by the time a licensed veterinarian from the county arrived, it was too late.”
