Lomidat Slaughter House

WHO WE ARE

The Lomidat slaughterhouse located in Lokichoggio in Turkana County is a class “A” abattoir and is committed to producing high integrity, export quality meat and meat products that are defined by their quality assurance, and their timely and consistent supply to the satisfaction of its customers.

WHERE WE ARE

The Lomidat slaughterhouse is located in Lokichoggio in Turkana County which is the north-western most district in Kenya, bordered by Uganda to the west; South Sudan and Ethiopia to the north and northeast; and Lake Turkana to the east. To the south and east, neighbouring districts in Kenya are West Pokot, Baringo and Samburu districts. Turkana is the second largest county in Kenya with an area of about 77,000 km².

OUR VISION

To meet the socio-economic needs of the pastoralist livestock farmers through sustained livestock marketing.
LSH is committed to producing high integrity, export quality meat and meat products that are defined by their quality assurance, and their timely and consistent supply to the satisfaction of its customers.

OUR MOTTO:

“Bringing a better life to pastoralists”

OUR PRODUCTS

Lomidat deals in the procurement of livestock (cattle, sheep and goats, and in the near future camels) that are hygienically slaughtered and inspected by the veterinary officers (both ante mortem and postmortem). Resultant products and byproducts are value added and sold.
Adopting high quality slaughtering machines for quick and hygienic slaughter, the following products are derived:

• Healthy carcasses: beef, chevron, lamb and mutton sold as chilled/frozen carcasses or primal and retail cuts or value added into processed products
• Clean offal: tripe, liver, lungs among others sold as is or in the production of pet foods
• Horns, hooves and bones: as ornaments made by a group of local youths
• Hides and skins: sold dry or green to the local community
• Blood: dried and stored as fertilizer
• Waste water, dung and gastro intestinal (GIT) matter: liquid waste is discharged into the lagoons while dung and GIT matter is stored in manure sheds.

Products in the pipeline – as Lomidat develops further, additional projects will be developed including a moderate rural tannery, a biogas plant, and a green house.

PRODUCT VALUE ADDITION

Lomidat increasingly adds value to products under product diversification to give its clients a wide product range while at the same time offering samples of native Turkana products. Some of the successful products include:

Biltong: stripped meat that is marinated to give it the South African coriander taste and naturally sundried under Turkana hot temperatures – is a Lomidat success story attracting native Turkanas and the country at large, including foreigners

Sausages: developed and appreciated across the board with its modern taste coupled with Turkana organic meat
Beef dripping and oleo fat: produced from body and kidney fat for pastoralists to further enjoy their products

Products in the pipeline include: blood pudding, Polony, smoked products, frankfurters and other sausage products

PRODUCT STORAGE

Being located in a pastoral area with adverse weather conditions, Lomidat is faced with fluctuating livestock quality and in some cases total scarcity, making it difficult to continuously satisfy the market. Pastoral animals trek long distances, so while organic and tasty, their meat is tough.

To mitigate this, Lomidat has invested in the following:

• Chiller (for ageing and tenderizing/improving meat palatability)
• Freezer room for hard freezing meat cuts and carcasses
• Holding room for hard frozen products to ensure continuous supply of products to clients and the selling aged/tender meat to its clients

OUR MARKET

Lomidat supplies its high quality products to Nairobi, Nakuru, Eldoret among other big towns in Kenya where it has established links with reliable distributors. It also supplies its products to hotels, camps and the local community in Lokichoggio and other parts of Turkana

THE ORGANIZATION’S CURRENT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:
Start-up and operationalise an export class abattoir in Lokichoggio where the community members are directly and indirectly employed
Livestock procurement providing a ready market for pastoralists
Livestock market sensitization/ mobilization, with trained Animal Health Assistants.
Provide training for the youth and women to fully equip them for the continuity of the slaughterhouse operations, specifically in the areas of meat and meat products/ value addition
Facilitate and co-coordinate livestock marketing through Livestock Marketing Associations (LMAS) for trade
Empower youth and women in animal health and production by training and involving them as Community-based Animal Health Workers (CAHWs) for income generation
Mobilize members to take loans from micro- finance institutions so as to support their income generating activities
Provide an alternative source of livelihood to the community so as not to be part of cattle rustling but cattle trading
Reduce insecurity by engaging the members in profitable ventures

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SOCIETY TO DATE:
Sensitization of pastoralists on animal health and animal products
Community dialogue on animal health and production
Exposure visits for pastoralists and Community-based Animal Health Workers to Lomidat slaughterhouse
Training of youth on their rights and responsibilities as Co-operative members i.e. bringing animal to the slaughterhouse and raising capital in form of cash or animal
Community mobilization of pastoralists to join and become new members of the Co- operative
Monitoring and evaluation of Community- based Animal Health Workers