Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock & Fisheries

Press Briefing

Media are invited to join a press briefing starting at 11:00 am at the Ministry’s Board Room, Kilimo House, where they will hear from government officials and insurance providers about the breakthrough public-private partnership to provide livestock insurance to Kenya’s most vulnerable pastoralist communities.

Press Materials

• Press Statement by the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries on Monday 20th , 2017 
• Media Advisory: Press Briefing on 20th February, 2017 at Kilimo House, Nairobi
• Press Release: Government of Kenya Partners with Insurers to Make Record Insurance Payouts for Livestock Herders Facing Historic Drought –Embargoed Until 11:00 AM Nairobi/ 8.00 AM GMT on 20 February 2017
• Factsheet: Kenya Livestock Insurance Program

Speakers/Spokespeople

• Willy Bett,  Cabinet Secretary for Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries
• Andrew Tuimur, Principal Secretary for Livestock at Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries
• Richard Kavila Kyuma, Program Coordinator, Kenya Livestock Insurance Program (KLIP)
• Ashok Shah, Group Chief Executive Officer, Apollo Investments/APA Insurance
• Andrew Mude, Principal Scientist, ILRI

Additional Press Materials 

Press Releases

• World Bank: Kenyan Farmers to Benefit from Innovative Insurance Program (12 March 2016)
• First Sharia Compliant Payout Press Release: Pilot Islamic-Compliant Livestock Insurance Product in Africa Pays Pastoralists in Drought-Prone Kenya (25 March 2014)
• First Payout Press Release: Pastoralists in Drought-Stricken Northern Kenya Receive Insurance Payouts for Massive Livestock Losses (21 October 2011)
• First IBLI Launch Press Release: Satellite Images of Remote African Lands to be Used to Insure Herders from Devastating Droughts (22 January 2010)

Photos

• View ILRI – IBLI’s Flickr albums here.