Climate change has caused persistent drought that has put lives and livestock at risk

Following the greedy nature of some Kenyans and some government officials to illegally encroach forest land for crop and livestock production and commercial illegal commercial logging, the environment is totally degraded. Now Mother Nature as decided to hit back and it has done it with maximum force. Cattle are dying by the thousands. Millions of people are facing hunger, starvation and death as a result of a poor harvest, crop failures and rising commodity prices caused climate change impacts on our lands, resources and livelihoods.

Matters are even worst for the marginalized pastoralist communities particularly the people of Pokot, Turkana and Marakwet.

Climate change has caused persistent drought that has put lives and livestock at risk as pastoralists and subsistence farmers are being driven from the land.

Water has become a scarce commodity and pastoralist walk for long distance to obtain it for their livestock and domestic use.