High milk yielding Somali camel breed a favorite for livestock farmers in Marsabit county.

The perennial recurrence of drought in the country has prompted many livestock keepers in the arid and semi arid lands to switch to camel rearing. The kenya agricultural and livestock research organization (kalro) has been at the center of multiplication of the Somali camel breed to boost milk production in the arid north of Kenya. Commercialization of camel rearing within the Peri-urban Marsabit county has been found to be a sustainable enterprise and can be rewarding to the farmers from the sale of live camels as well as milk. Pastoral communities managing the Somali camel using their indigenous knowledge managed to make more than kes. 10,000 per month in camel milk sales alone. Angelina lenawamuro a livestock farmer in marsabit county is slowly clearing her cattle and increasing her camel herd for their resilience to drought.
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