The National Drought Management Authority commissioned Kwa Andu A Kiome Earth Dam in Muminji Ward, Embu County. The 15,000 cubic metre dam will serve 200 families from six villages and around 4,000 livestock, as well as local schools, saving them the daily seven-kilometer trek to the River Thuura. CS Hon. Rebecca Miano during the commissioning of
The European Union has provided an additional EUR 13 million, about KSh 1.69 billion, as part of continued support towards enhancing resilience of communities in arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) to drought and other effects of climate change. The funding has been provided through the ‘Dryland Climate Action for Community Drought Resilience’, a 4-year project implemented
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The early cessation of the 2022 long rains season has worsened the drought situation in 19 of the 23 arid and semi-arid (ASAL) counties that were already bearing the brunt of poor performance of three previous consecutive failed seasons. This is the fourth consecutive poor rainfall season since the 2020 short rains. Six counties namely
The drought situation is expected to improve slightly in the next few weeks due to the rains registered in parts of the ASALs, especially in terms of the availability of water and pasture. However, the situation remains critical in food security, livestock, water, education health and nutrition sectors. The number of people in need of
The Cabinet Secretary for Public Service, Gender, Senior Citizens Affairs and Special Programmes, Prof. Margaret Kobia, has called for fast tracking of Guidelines for the operationalisation of the National Drought Emergency Fund (NDEF). CS Kobia spoke during a briefing by National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) Chief Executive Officer Lt Col (Rtd) Hared Hassan on the
NDMA Chief Executive Officer Lt Col. (Rtd) Hared Hassan (right), NDMA Board Chairman Mr. Raphael Nzomo (centre) and the former CEO Mr. James Oduor at the NDMA Headquarters at Lonrho House, Nairobi. Lt Col. (Rtd) Hassan officially took over the position on February 14, 2022. Prof. Margaret Kobia, the Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Public Service,
And as the situation got more dire, she was forced to purchase a 50kg bag of maize at a cost of Ksh 2,000, which she would boil to feed the cows. This would only last three days, taking a heavy toll on the single mother as she was often conflicted between providing food for her
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