Crisis as drought drives wildlife into farms

Mzee Abdulahi Tadicha with Kenya Red Cross staff lifts the carcass of one of his dead livestock in Korbesa Village of Isiolo North Sub County on February 20, 2023. [Courtesy, Standard]

The ongoing drought gripping Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL) is no longer just a rural pastoral crisis.

In Naivasha, the dry spell has pushed wildlife out of protected areas and into private farms, exposing communities to destruction, fear and mounting losses running into millions of shillings.