Prime Minister calls for local poultry investors to be protected

The decision to approve importation of chicks without considering investment and demand in the domestic market was not a good move. PHOTO | FILE

Dar es Salaam. Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa yesterday directed the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries to protect investment directed at the poultry industry.

He issued the directives in Dodoma when referring to a recent incident where a Moshi-based poultry keeper burnt live chicks for lack of market.