Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri, speaking before he was fired Tuesday, admitted that pest invasion and the potential to spread rapidly to other counties posed an unprecedented threat to food security. They have now entered Isiolo, Meru and Samburu. Aerial spraying of the locusts at Kipsing -- within the Isiolo-Laikipia border -- and Kachiuru in Meru County started on Sunday morning. Mr Njuki said they had formed a caucus with the leadership of the neighbouring Meru and Isiolo counties to fight the insects. According to the entomologist, the best way to stop the spread of the locusts would be to deal with them at the affected locations.

Source: Daily Nation January 14, 2020 06:56 UTC