Families devastated as drought kills 1.9 million livestock
Herders walk with their camels on Marigat-Nakuru road in Baringo County on February 16, 2023. The drought in most parts of the country has forced herders to move long distances in search of water and pasture for their livestock.
As a result, 40 to 80 percent of the livestock in pastoral counties have migrated to neighbouring areas, with some crossing borders to nations including Somalia, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania.
The ongoing drought has killed more than 1.9 million livestock across the country, bringing devastation to families that depend on them entirely for survival.
A short rains assessment report shows that the arid counties of Samburu, Marsabit and Turkana counties have collectively lost 1,486,303 animals.
