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Three-pronged approach we must take to survive perennial drought

Locals search for water in Bula, in the Balambala sub-county in Garissa. [Mercy Kahenda, Standard]

It is now no longer in doubt that we are living through one of the worst droughts in our country's history. Finding a lasting solution to this crisis will require responsibility at three levels namely individual, corporate and international levels.

Firstly, our Constitution enshrines personal responsibility when it grants sovereign power to 'we the people.' Every single Kenyan is captured in these three words.

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