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Locusts invade parts of Mandera, day after Kenya declared free of them

Desert locusts have invaded about 2,000 hectares of land in Rhamudimtu ward in Mandera North, area Governor Ali Roba has said.

This, just a day after Kenya was declared locust-free by the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO).

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