After the collapse of the central Somali state in 1991, Somali livestock trade has increasingly been re-oriented towards terminal markets in central and coastal Kenya, helped by the more recent trade liberalization in Kenya. The predominantly informal cross-border trade (ICBT) has nurtured local livelihoods and government revenues in Kenya, where informal transactions and formal regulation overlap in the Somali-fed livestock supply chains. This article analyses the practices and dynamics that characterize Somali-Kenyan cross-border livestock trade, and proceeds to point out important policy issues that have emerged after the devolution of key state functions and regulation to county governments. The article finally highlights areas of collaboration between the national and county governments that are necessary to achieve a credible supply of meat in Kenyan and international markets. By doing so, it explores the linkage between changes in the political economy of cross-border livestock trade, and the unintended impact of decentralization on the governance of livestock supply chains.

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索马里-肯尼亚跨界走廊的畜牧贸易和权力下放

1991年索马里中部国家瓦解后，在肯尼亚最近的贸易自由化的帮助下，索马里的牲畜贸易逐渐转向肯尼亚中部和沿海的终端市场。非正式的跨境贸易（ICBT）主要在肯尼亚培育了当地的生计和政府收入，在索马里饲养的牲畜供应链中，非正式的交易和正式的监管重叠。本文分析了索马里-肯尼亚跨境畜牧贸易的特点和动态，并指出了在国家关键职能和法规下放给县政府后出现的重要政策问题。文章最后重点介绍了在肯尼亚和国际市场上实现可靠的肉类供应所必需的国家和县政府之间的合作领域。通过这样做，它探索了跨境牲畜贸易的政治经济变化与权力下放对牲畜供应链治理的意外影响之间的联系。