El Nino: Kenya's double disaster as millions face fresh crisis

Residents struggle with floods following a downpour at Bamburi in Mombasa County on November 17, 2023.[File-Standard]

For months, communities across parts of Kenya and the wider Eastern Africa have been living under the shadow of immense heat and inadequate rainfall.

Pastoralists have watched rapid diminishing of pasture and water while farmers have had to cope with low rainfall leading to poor crop performance.