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Kenya's National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) is mandated to provide leadership and coordination of Kenya’s effort in the management of drought risks and enhancing adaptation to climate change. The Legal Notice gives the NDMA the mandate to establish mechanisms which ensure that drought does not result in emergencies and that the impacts of climate change are sufficiently mitigated.
Feb 8, 2021
When drought hits the Horn of Africa, it’s a threat to lives and livelihoods.
Communities need access to water for sanitation, hydration, livestock and agriculture – and, in many cases, tapping groundwater supplies is the difference between a “drought” and a “drought emergency”.
But maintaining the thousands of groundwater pumps that supply fresh water to drought-prone areas in east Africa is a significant challenge.
NASA satellite data helps the people who maintain this crucial infrastructure by highlighting the places most at-risk for drought and informing early warning actions to prevent the worst drought impacts on local communities.
Evan Thomas, director of the Mortenson Center in Global Engineering, in Turkana, Kenya.