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Pastoralists offload their livestock to avert more losses from dry spell

Effects of the drought have pushed herders from the neighbouring counties to Laikipia County in search of pasture and water. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard]

A move by the national government to purchase livestock from pastoralists in Laikipia County under its uptake programme has saved herders from incurring huge losses as drought continues to ravage the region.

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