Camel Marketing in the Northern Kenya/Southern Ethiopia Borderlands

Research Update By Hussein Abdullahi Mahmoud (Pwani University College, Kilifi, Kenya)
FAC Pastoralist Theme, November 2010

  • No camel movements were recorded to major
  • Garissa livestock clients, such as Nairobi, Mombasa, Thika, and Mwingi towns – all go to Moyale, Ethiopia.
  • Instead, a vibrant and lucrative camel market in Moyale is on the rise – herders, traders, brokers, and other market actors stand to gain.
  • Likely Kenya government is missing out of billions of Shillings in revenue.
File: FAC_Research_Update_005.pdf