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Tomatoes, watermelons submerged, leaving farmers counting losses

Flooded villages near Lake Baringo on August 8, 2020. Hundreds of people have been displaced and crops submerged.

Small scale horticulture farmers around Lake Baringo are counting losses after their farms were submerged with water. 

Farmers more so, those who grow tomatoes and watermelons are staring at losses as the produce rots in farms.

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