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Brookside Dairy is a private company founded in 1993 following the deregulation of the dairy sector in the early 1990s. Based in Ruiru, about 20 kilometres from Nairobi, Brookside produces superior quality milk, sourced from 80,000 suppliers. 7% of these are commercial farmers and the remainders are small scale producers.

The widespread lack of refrigeration facilities means that timely delivery is essential. Brookside employs an army of delivery personnel, including more than 1,000 ‘bicycle boys’ in the Nairobi area alone.

Its sales depots now stretch from Mombasa on the East coast to Kisumu on the shores of Lake Victoria in the West. As demand outstrips supply it plans to introduce both morning and evening milk collections, potentially doubling smallholder income, and increase the number of collection centers.