Committed to Ending Drought Emergencies

NDMA is an agency of the Government of Kenya mandated to establish mechanisms which ensure that drought does not result in emergencies and that the impacts of climate change are sufficiently mitigated.

Committed to Ending Drought Emergencies

NDMA is an agency of the Government of Kenya mandated to establish mechanisms which ensure that drought does not result in emergencies and that the impacts of climate change are sufficiently mitigated.

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Provision of livestock feed supplementsFood-for-fees retaining students in school during droughtCommercial livestock offtakeLivestock slaughter destocking Support to strategic boreholesLivestock feeding centresSlaughter destocking: Dried meat rations 

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The below-average short rains have slightly increased the food insecure population from 655,800 in August 2018 to 1,111,500 currently, with the 12 most affected counties having a total of 865,300 food insecure people.

The National Government has provided total of Kshs. 1,351,196,000 for response during the period of February, March and April 2019: Food and safety net received Kshs. 601,196,000; Support to household irrigation water storage program (excavation of small water pans) has got Kshs. 600,000,000; Support to water trucking, maintenance and rehabilitation of boreholes received Kshs. 150,000,000; Water trucking by NDMA in Mandera, Wajir, Turkana, Garissa, Marsabit and Tana River and maintenance of water points in selected areas and Hunger Safety Net Programme cash transfers by NDMA in Turkana, Wajir, Mandera and Marsabit.

The national drought update for March 2019 shows that the county governments of Turkana, Garissa and Tana River have started general food distribution to affected communities.

 

Most ASAL counties experienced sunny, hot and dry weather conditions for most of January 2019, which is usual for this time of the year. However, few counties such as Baringo, Embu (Mbeere), Laikipia, Meru (Meru North), Makueni, Narok, Nyeri (Kieni) and Taita Taveta received some little offseason rainfall at the beginning of the month. The rains were generally poorly distributed, both in time and space.

During the month, higher-than-average daytime temperatures were recorded over the entire ASAL region, which led to high rate of evaporation and evapotranspiration, causing rapid drying up of dams, water pans, and moisture stress/wilting in pasture and crops.

Get details on drought status in the National drought status bulletin, January 2019