Panic as locusts now spotted in Kirinyaga CountyA swarm of locusts feeds on shrubs at Archers Post, in Samburu County. The suspicious swarm was sighted at the farm of Isaack Ndung’u in Riandira, Mutithi ward, Kirinyaga County on Sunday evening. Ndung’u alerted family members and neighbours who thronged the place as the place wondering if those were locusts or grasshoppers. In Kyeni, Embu County, a swarm was sighted on Sunday evening. He said that few aircraft were deployed to spray desert locusts whereas the BBI forum in Kisii had dignitaries taken by five choppers.

Source: Standard Digital January 13, 2020 11:48 UTC