Arid and Semi-Arid Lands lose 50 per cent of livestock to drought

 

Robert Arionotuk, one of the pastoralists whose livestock died due to the drought, tends to his goats at Attan village in Ngare Mara, Isiolo County. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard]

Twenty-three counties from Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) have lost over 50 per cent of their livestock to drought since last year.