Government launches Sh18b drive project to mitigate drought effects

Longor Lochakai, 72, a resident of Moruese village in Loima, Turkana, walking outside his manyatta. [Martin Ndiema, Standard]

More than 150,000 pastoralists from the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (Asals) are set to benefit from a Sh18 billion project aimed at providing livestock markets.

The objective of the project dubbed De-Risking, Inclusion and Value Enhancement of pastoral economies (Drive) is to build the resilience of pastoral communities by strengthening commercialisation of livestock production.