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Ahead of the start of the El Nino rains, experts from ILRI are pushing for financial mobilisation towards sustainable livestock practices in Kenya.
THE STANDARD By Lucas Barasa | April 6th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 [Courtesy] A ravaging drought has hit Mandera County following failure of long and short rains for more than a year. Governor Ali Roba said the border county only received 20 per cent of April-May and October-December long and short rains respectively last year. “The low and erratic rainfalls are increasing in frequency and severity and resulted in a depressed pasture, acute water scarcity and food shortage,” Roba said. The governor who is the chairman of Frontier Counties Development Council said the county’s situati...