Fortunately, despite the severity of the drought, no human deaths have been directly reported so far, though suffering is widespread and livestock losses continue to mount.
"The animals look weak, and communities are under strain. We must give this situation the attention it deserves to prevent escalation," Kavita said.
Loima MCA Mark Akeru has called for sustained emergency allocations and long-term investment in water infrastructure, livestock support, and climate resilience to protect pastoral communities from recurring drought cycles."Animals are dying because of long distance and migration patterns. Individuals are also at risk," he said.
Turkana Deputy County Secretary Joseph Nyang'a said pastoralists from Loima, Letata, Lobei and Lotewot cross into Uganda, but there are restrictions from the Ugandan government.
"Pastoralists from Turkana are languishing and need interventions from the Kenyan Government," he said, noting that some cows raided from Uganda were not returned.
As mitigation, the government is purchasing hay and animal feeds to support livestock and repairing broken boreholes to improve water access. [Mercy Kahenda]
"The last drought we were losing three to four children between six and 59 months. Right now, from mass screening, is more of what was happening. Where we are headed to may be critical," added Loyoko.
The county was receiving nutritional support from partners like UNICEF but this stopped following Stop Work order by U.S President Donald Trump.
The U.S. government was allocated my Sh1.2 billion for nutritional commodities, but the county is allocating only Sh38 million.
The effects of drought are devastating, according to Chief Officer County services Agnes Maana said more cases of malnutrition are expected to be on the rise because of lack of water.
All animals from Sudan and Turkana are scrambling for water and some are dying along the way in a few water points in the county.
"If animals are dying, what if children. We used to getting commodities from Kenya for severe malnourished children, but because of U.S. stop word order issued by Trump, we expect more mortality rates as cases increase every day," said Maana.