Drought ravages villages in Turkana as 30,000 pastoralists flee to UgandaWilson Kokuro 65 a resident of Kakwenya village in Turkana Central who were waiting for relief food even as hunger bites parts of the region. Already 30,000 pastoralists have left their homesteads to Uganda, Ethiopia and South Sudan in search of pasture and water. “I lost more than 30 animals to cattle rustlers, and the remaining ones have started dying due to drought. Mr Nanok said the county might be forced to adjust its budget on development projects in order to contain the effects of drought. “We are also undertaking additional interventions including screenin, vaccination, treatment and drug provisions in all the health centres,” he said.

Source: Standard Digital March 16, 2019 21:06 UTC