Nineteen (19) ASAL counties were categorized under the ‘Normal’ phase based on the range of environmental, production, access and utilization indicators monitored that fell within their usual ranges as a result of good performance of the March to May (MAM) 2024 rainfall season and just ended June to September (JJAS) light seasonal rains in Pastoral North West counties.

Four (4) counties were categorized in ‘Alert’ drought phase. However, the situation is on a worsening trend across most of the ASAL counties due to the delayed onset of the October to December (OND) season. Monitoring of the population flagged out in July food security assessment, Long Rains Assessment (LRA) 2024, the number of people in need of assistance stands at 1 million.

Acute malnutrition has also been noted across the counties with 479,498 children aged 6 to 59 months and 110,169 pregnant and breastfeeding mothers currently acutely malnourished and in need of treatment.

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