Department of Livestock and Veterinary Services

Mission - To transform the livestock sector to attain sustainably high levels of production, processing and marketing in order to improve livelihoods, meet the needs of human nutritional wellness and economic growth. 

Mandate - Provision of services to facilitate development and coordination of the livestock sector in line with sectoral and national policies.

DEPARTMENTAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provide extension and advisory services on good animal health care, hygiene and husbandry
• Carry out surveillance, prevention, control and eradication of specified animal diseases and pests
• Generate and provide new knowledge and technologies on pest control and animal health, production practices and decisions
• Provide information on the components, developments and impacts of the national livestock resource
• Provide regulatory services for the promotion of fair marketing, sanitary safety, quality and animal welfare
• Develop and implement livestock policies and strategies
• Develop enterprise opportunities, value addition strategies for livestock, organise marketing systems and disseminate marketing information
• Implement and coordinate a livestock identification and traceability systems in the livestock industry