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Death and despair as hunger sweeps through dry villages

Rebbeca Chepkel with her children at Kositei village in Tiaty Baringo county on March 17,2019. She claims her husband died of hunger. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

The sun is hot at Kamusuk village in Tiaty sub-county, Baringo.

It bakes the bare ground, leaving it simmering. Here, temperatures soar above 40 degrees Celsius.

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