This comes even as the department of meteorology disclosed this years rainfall could be scanty and below normal in some parts of Trans Nzoia and West Pokot counties. Updated Mon, June 13th 2016 at 14:32 GMT +3ELDORET, KENYA: Maize farmers in the North Rift region have expressed fears of running into heavy losses this season due to poor rains causing crops to wilt. He challenged seed companies to begin researching on maize varieties that withstand longer dry spells so that they do not incur heavy losses due to vagaries of the weather. A spot check by the Standard established that most maize crops in plantations within Kaplamai, Kachibora, Kesogon, parts of Kwanza Sub County and Makutano areas in Trans Nzoia and West Pokot counties had wilted out as a result of sun. Since mid-May, shortly after flash downpours, the amount of rain witnessed has drastically dropped.

Source: Standard Digital June 13, 2016 11:48 UTC