President Uhuru Kenyatta when he commissioned the Ultra Modern UHT Production Unit at the New KCC Eldoret Factory on June 12, 2017. [Photo:PSCU]
Dairy farmers in Uasin Gishu and the neighbouring counties have a reason to smile after a new unit was opened at the Eldoret Kenya Cooperatives Creameries (KCC) Eldoret factory.
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday presided over the commissioning of the ultra modern (Ultra High-Temperature) UHT production unit at the factory which was set up at a cost of over Sh400 million.
Speaking during the event, the president said with the new unit now fully operational, the factory has the capacity to produce quality products for local consumption and export.
"With the kind of machines that we have invested here, this factory can now compete equally with any other factory across the world," noted Kenyatta.
"We also have the ability to control milk prices as during high milk production, the surplus milk can be converted into powder milk and at no time will be witness past incidences where farmers were forced to pour the product," he added.
The President who was accompanied by his Deputy William Ruto and Cabinet secretaries Willy Bett (Agriculture), Adan Mohammed (Industrialisation) and Charles Keter (Energy) further revealed that his government was in the process of improving other factories across the county.
"We want to take KCC to its original status as we know as a country we have the ability to produce sufficient milk that can even be exported," he said.
New KCC has 8 factories across the country in Dandora, Kitale, Sotik, Nyahururu, Kiganjo among others.