Leaders warn of crisis as locusts raid region

MP Adan Keynan addresses a press conference at Parliament buildings on locusts invasion in Northern Kenya. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Legislators from northern Kenya have warned of an imminent food crisis in the region due to destruction of pasture and crops by locusts.

Swarms of desert locusts invaded Mandera and Wajir counties at the weekend, devouring crops and pasture.