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Kenya becoming a desert due to poor land use, experts now warn

A dry riverbed near Magadi in Kajiado County. [File, Standard]

For the 75 years he has lived, Joseph Tolua, the village elder at Esonorua village, Kajiado County, has known livestock keeping as the only source of sustenance.

In his community, both skill and stock are passed from one generation to another, and after all these years, Tolua believes he has learnt everything there is to know about livestock keeping. Reasonably so, because from over 500 head of cattle a decade ago, he has none today.

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