On Thursday morning, three swarms of locusts were spotted at Kipsing, Shaba and Serolipi in Isiolo and Samburu counties. STRUGGLEOn Thursday, Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya admitted that pesticides used for aerial spraying in the latter counties were ineffective and that the government had been struggling to the find most effective ones. An aerial view of Labai village in Isiolo County, which locusts invaded on January 16, 2020. “Exposure to diazinon affects the nervous system, this can eventually lead to the death of the insect,” says the NPIC. Residents of Taiboto in Garbatulla, Isiolo County, scare away a swam of desert locusts following an invasion that has affected several counties, January 11, 2020.

Source: Daily Nation January 16, 2020 16:04 UTC