(Ecofin Agency) - In Kenya, over1.3 million people are facing food insecurity as a result of drought which causes pasture and water shortage which in some cases lead to deaths of livestock.

“If the imminent short rains season is also below average, as the forecast suggests, then not only will these areas deteriorate to the alarm or even emergency phase, but drought stress will deepen in many other arid and semi arid counties as well,” National Drought Management Authority said in a statement on its website

According to the authority, about Sh53 million ($522,992) was spent between July and October, on food and other needs of people living and the worst-affected regions. Over Kenya’s 42 counties, ten are particularly facing the challenges above. These are Kilifi, Lamu, Kwalu, Taita Taveta, Makueni, Kajiado, Narok and Marsabit, Bloomberg revealed.

Aaron Akinocho