Seven counties on drought alert as NDMA warns crisis is worsening

Camels seek for pastures in Moyale in Marsabit County where drought has adversely affected the pastoralist's community due to failed rains. The government has placed Marsabit, Turkana and Mandera under the alarm stage due to the ravaging drought with fears of human deaths in the coming months.[Antony Gitonga,Standard]

The National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) has placed seven counties on the alert stage as the biting drought continues to be felt in parts of the country.