Marsabit farmers worried over massive locust invasion

Mr.Roba Shito Mare, a farmer at Kiwanja Ndege area in the outskirts of Marsabit town shows Standard how his farm was affected by the locusts as he displays one. Photo: Godfrey Oundoh/ Standard

Desperate farmers have hired youths to scare away locusts that have invaded their farms.

Nort-Horr sub-county is the worst hit. A spot check by The Standard revealed that maize and beans were among the worst affected crops.