hree of the most promising cultivars in terms of DM yields 
(Kakamega 1, Kakamega 3 and Machakos hairless) were 
compared in terms of nutritive quality to cultivar Bana that is 
popularly grown by farmers. The cultivars were established and 
bulked at KARI Ki
tale. After establishment, they were cut back in 
sequential blocks to enable uniformity of the fodder during the 
feeding experiment. Eight dairy cows selected from a dairy herd at 
KARI Kitale were used in a 4 × 4 latin square change over design 
replicated 
twice. The adjustment and collection periods lasted for 14 
and 7 days, respectively. The cows were fed with the Napier grass 
ad libitum
. Feed intake and milk yield were measured for each cow. 
Leaf: stem ratio of the feeds were determined on representative 
samples taken from the bulked fodders. The data was analyzed 
using the GLM of SAS (SAS, 2001)