CoG says Kenyans affected by drought up by 400, 000 in last four months

A resident of Turkana. [File, Standard]

The number of people affected by drought has increased from 3.1 million in February to 3.5 million in June, CoG chair Martin Wambora says.

This is attributed to the poor performance of the 2021 short rains coupled with the previous two failed consecutive rain seasons and the late-onset of the 2022 long rains season.