Nairobi, Aug. 20 -- When the Livestock Bill 2024 was introduced to the National Assembly in June 2024, it was a milestone that, among other things, left indigenous peoples, especially pastoralists expectant considering that the piece of legislation, if enacted promised better livelihoods.

The Bill covers regulations, inputs and products, research and capacity building, establishment of training institutes and access to veterinary services. But it was withdrawn from the House for lacking critical voices and booked for public participation as a way of firming it up.

Unfortunately, two years after the withdrawal, the proposed law has yet to be taken for public participation, further hurting possibility of delivering a water-tight law. Whil...