Time for action beyond Twitter hashtags as poor rains threaten food production

People fetch water from a hole at Togweyn in Modogashe in Garissa. The area is affected by drought that is a result of climate change.

For two years now, scrolling through Twitter has become an unnerving experience. It takes me back to June 2019 when Twitter was flooded with heartbreaking images of Kenyans in dire conditions – pregnant women who hadn’t eaten for days and children struggling to find water for their families.

Under the hashtags #WeCannotIgnore and #TurkanaDroughts, many of us could only express our frustration and solidarity with fellow citizens bedevilled by drought in several counties.