ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the newly emerging and vibrant camel marketing activities in the northern Kenya/southern Ethiopia borderlands that have become an attractive economic activity only in the past few years. The emergence of an increased demand for camels and camel meat in Arabian countries and the overhelming response from pastoral communities in the Horn supports the premise of an ongoing pastoral innovation in livestock marketing. As is the case with most pastoral livestock markets in the Horn of Africa, the pricing, sales, and other activities of the camel market in Moyale, Ethiopia are heavily dependent on brokers. It is believed that the number of camel herders and traders going for Hajj in Saudi Arabia has increased dramatically in recent years. When livestock move in the opposite direction, as is the case with camels trekking from Tana River and Garissa to Moyale, no permission or recording of the movements is necessary.
