The locust started crossing the border of Ethiopia and Somalia into Kenya late last month. The locust invasion is considered a disaster as they can cause widespread famine in a short time. Kenya had a locust invasion in 2007 but the situation was contained. The last time the country had a locust invasion that was similarly threatening was in 1961. The Desert Locust Control Organisation for Eastern Africa (DLCO-EA) was formed in 1962 in response to the plague and that of the 1940s that ravaged the Eastern Africa region, causing massive hunger and deaths across the region.

Source: Standard Digital January 15, 2020 08:48 UTC