Twenty-one (21) 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 result of good performance of MAM 2024 rainfall season and the just ended JJAS light seasonal rains in Pastoral North West counties.

Two (2) counties were categorized in ‘alert’ drought phase. However, the situation is on a worsening trend in most of the ASAL counties due to delayed onset of OND season. Monitoring of the population flagged out in July food security assessment, Long Rains Assessment (LRA) 2024, indicates that the number of people in need of assistance stands at one 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 malnourished acutely and in need of treatment.

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