For the second consecutive year, Kenya’s semi-arid north has experienced meager rainfall, causing a drought that threatens the food supply of 2.4 million people, according to the United Nations World Food Program, Reuters reported.
For the second consecutive year, Kenya’s semi-arid north has experienced meager rainfall, causing a drought that threatens the food supply of 2.4 million people, according to the United Nations World Food Program, Reuters reported.
“Goats are unsellable, cows are even worse to sell and our children are starving,” Moses Loloju, a herder from Isiolo county, told Reuters.
The north has received just 25 to 50 percent as much rainfall as is typical, with no relief in sight. The Kenya Meteorological Department expects the region to see below-average rainfall this month, Reuters reported.
“The few remaining animals have nothing to graze, they can’t reach water points since they have grown weak,” Bargeri, a herder, told Reuters. Some herders in his home county have walked 40 kilometers to find water, according to the Kenya government.
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