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It has finally started raining; please buy a water tank

Tuk-tuk ferrying water tank at Bokoli area along Sikata- Kimilili road. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

It's now official-that the much awaited long rains season between March and May may not be enough to wet the patched farms across the country.

According to the Kenya Meteorological Service Kenyans should only expect normal to below-average rainfall, this, after five dry seasons that sent millions of Kenyans to hunger.

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