"I am not comfortable having my children walk the long distance to school on an empty stomach as they are too weak," says the father.
Starvation, according to the local, is likely to cause deaths. "Our daily prayer is to have rains, as we risk death due to starvation"
Dhahabu Adan, a parent at the school, can also not afford to pay school fees for her six children.
She has two children in Grade 1 and Grade 2.
"I am forced to stay with my children at home after the death of all my livestock," narrates the mother, adding, "I am hoping that, someday, it will rain and have us afford food for ourselves and our few remaining livestock".
Learning has not only been disrupted at Bula Mobile primary, but nearly all public schools in the county are reporting high rate of absenteeism of both learners and teachers.
Last year, the long rains assessment report by the National Disaster Management Authority of October to December 2022 projection period for the Arid and Semi-Arid Land (ASAL) region estimated that 1.6 million children were at a high risk of dropping out of school as schools reopened for the first term this year. The worst-hit counties according to the report, were to include Mandera, Garissa, Wajir, Turkana and Marsabit.
In the report, Mandera was projected to have the highest number of school dropouts of 295,470 children aged between four and 17 years old, followed by Garissa with 289,410, Wajir at 266,540, and 253,640 cases in Turkana at 253,640 and 107,600 recorded in Marsabit.
Other counties which were greatly affected by school dropouts are Narok with 83,020, West Pokot with 80,070, and Samburu with 64,818 school dropouts.
According to Sam Odundo the head teacher of Hirbaya Primary school where 92 pupils out of 280 have reported to school, the school depends on well-wishers for the supply of water, and food, after the stock supplied by the government is depleted.
"Pupils follow their parents to where they can get water. There is nothing much we can do as management because we also do not have supply," says Mr Odundo.
"The Majority of pupils report to school when there is a feeding programme. But currently, because of lack of water and food, they are out of school."