The drought situation remained normal across majority of the ASAL counties. The stable trend was attributed to the light showers experienced in December that aided in sustaining the impact of the good rainfall received in November.

Three (3) counties, Wajir, Mandera and Kilifi were in Alert drought phase while the remaining twenty (20) ASAL counties were in Normal drought phase. Four (4) counties including Tana River, Embu, Taita Taveta, Tharaka Nithi were classified to be at “Normal” and on an improving trend, ten (10) counties including Garissa, Isiolo, Samburu, Turkana, Kitui, Kwale, Laikipia, Makueni, Narok, Nyeri at “Normal” and on a stable trend while six (6) counties including Baringo, Marsabit, Kajiado, Lamu, Meru, West Pokot at “Normal” and on a worsening trend.

The classification was based on the range of environmental, production, access and utilization indicators monitored that fell within their usual seasonal ranges except for the counties at Alert drought phase.

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