Kenya's farmers face threat of new locust swarms While Kenya is having some success fighting desert locust swarms, farmers in the north and center of the country face huge losses from ongoing waves of locust swarms. Some crops are growing scarce in Kenya due to the ongoing locust plague Seventy-year-old Isabella Karoki has never witnessed such a devastating invasion of desert locusts. "I have lost everything. What do you expect me to eat?" said Karoki, who lives in central Kenya, an agricultural region known for its rich volcanic soils and moderate rainfall. Farmers like Karoki usually see the rains as a blessing.