The cool temperatures and local winds in Turkana and Samburu counties could limit the immature locusts’ ability to migrate northwards and some of them may remain during the summer, awaiting the rains.
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya said the swarms in Ethiopia, Somalia and Uganda are expected to be blown by the winds towards Kenya next February but that the country is well prepared to contain the menace.
The locusts first entered the country on December 28, 2019 through Elwak in Mandera and had spread to 27 counties by March.
The government’s war on desert locusts, that continue to wreak havoc in Northern Kenya, could take longer than expected following reports that they could stay on until the short rains in October.
The cool temperatures and local winds in Turkana and Samburu counties could limit the immature locusts’ ability to migrate northwards and some of them may remain during the summer, awaiting the rains.
