Presented by Ombaka Vincent at the Follow-up Meeting to Discuss Private sector Participation in Animal Health Services, ILRI, Nairobi, 7 November 2019

1. Delivery of in the ASAL
areas - private sector
incentives
Ombaka Vincent
Follow-up Meeting to Discuss Private Sector
Participation in Animal Health Services
ILRI, Nairobi, 7 November 2019

2. Methodology
• Desk research on existing Animal Health Services (AHS)
relevant policy and laws - ASAL relevance
• Stakeholder workshop to review findings
• Recommendations

3. List of Laws
• Colonial Era Laws
• Crop Production and Livestock Act (1926) - Repealed by the Crops Act 2013
• Rabies Act (1932)
• Cattle Cleansing Act (1937)
• Penal Code (1948) amendment to criminalise injury to animals (1952)
• Independence Era Laws
• Animal Diseases Act (1965)
• Food, Drugs and Chemical Substances Act (1965)
• Fertilizers and Animal Foodstuffs Act (1967)
• Meat Control Act (1972)
• New Constitution Dispensation
• Constitution of Kenya 2010
• Animal Technicians Act (2010)
• Veterinary Surgeons and Veterinary Paraprofessionals Act, 2011
• Transition to Devolved Government Act 2012

4. List of Policy Documents
• Independence Era
• Sessional Paper No. 10 of 1965 on African Socialism and its
Application to Development
• Structural Adjustments Program 1980-1991
• Sessional Paper No. 2 of 2008 on National Livestock Policy (updated in
2015)
• New Constitution Dispensation
• Sessional Paper No. 10 of 2012 on the Vision 2030
• National Veterinary Policy 2015

5. Policy Incentives for Private
Sector
• Sessional Paper No. 2 of 2008 on National Livestock Policy
• Provision of distribution networks for provision of animal health drugs and services
• Kenya Agriculture Sector Development Strategy 2010 - 2020
• Engaging the government in policy development as a sector
• Participation in all livestock services: e.g. extension management; and training services
• Holding the government accountable on the policy of divesting commercial operations to the private sector
• Sessional Paper No. 10 of 2012 on Vision 2030
• Mobilising capital to facilitate [Vision 2030] objectives
• Vision 2030 Development Strategy for Northern Kenya and Arid Areas
• Cooperate with the government to establish entry points for the private sector
• Kenya Veterinary Policy 2015
• The promotion of complementarity in the supply of animal health services to allow a healthy balance between public
and private animal health services provision

6. Observations
• Animal Health Laws and Private Sector Involvement
• Private sector participation is not prohibited, maybe not
incentivised
• e.g. Section 16 of the Animal Diseases Act : power to
prohibit use of a vaccine or drug
• Conflicting and overlapping mandates - create uncertainty

7. AHS Regulatory Objectives
• Access to AHS inputs and services
• Quality of AHS inputs and services
• Disease Outbreak Surveillance and Control

8. Access to AHS inputs and
services
• Subsidy programs for inputs and services
• Public Private Partnerships
• Government Institution for Supply of Veterinary Medicine
• Procurement from local suppliers
• Transitional Provisions for CBAHWs
• Procurement of Private Practitioners
• Need Based Training

9. Quality of Inputs and
Services
• County Government Quality Control Mandate
• Supervision of Professionals

10. Disease Outbreak
Surveillance and Control
• Information as a Regulatory Tool
• Better Use of Technology
• Transboundary Coordination
• Passive Surveillance