Chicken slaughterhouse to employ hundreds in Bungoma

Over 700 residents of Bungoma, majority of them youth, are set to be employed at a chicken slaughterhouse in Chwele.

According to Governor Ken Lusaka, who was on an inspection tour of the facility Wednesday, the procured equipment are already working effectively and will give the county an opportunity to export chicken to foreign markets.

“This will help in alleviation of poverty in Bungoma and other neighboring counties. It is a project of its own kind in Kenya,” noted Lusaka.

He called on Bungoma residents to venture into large-scale chicken rearing for commercial purposes adding that the slaughterhouse requires 3,000 birds in a day.

“There are no more doubts again. Hapa Bungoma kazi tu (Here in Bungoma, it’s all about work).”

The Chwele Chicken Slaughterhouse is edging completion after a team of Chinese engineers arrived at the site Wednesday morning to assemble parts of the machinery to make it operational.

County Executive Committee Member in charge of Agriculture, Laurian Kolikho, who accompanied the Chinese team, said the chicken factory is one of the most important installations to the people of Bungoma.

He said that it will provide ready market for chicken and serve as an economic boost to the farmers.

“Though this project has taken a long time to start, it will soon be complete and provide ready market for our chicken,” said Kolikho.

He noted that they had already received a transformer from the Rural Electrification Authority (REA) to power the facility.

Kolikho added that water will be drilled at the chicken slaughterhouse site in due time.

The Chwele slaughterhouse aims at providing ready market for chicken and giving employment opportunities to Bungoma residents.

“The assembling of the machinery marks a good time for farmers of Kabuchai Sub-county because the county government has also completed the construction of Musese coffee mills,” added Kolikho.