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No end to locust threat, says State

Residents of Mahiga-Meru village in Meru County chase desert locusts. In Tana River County, new swarms have left a trail of destruction in farms. [Reuters]

It will take at least two months to check the spread of desert locusts in counties they have invaded, the government has said.

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