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  As you drive around the outskirts of Wajir County you come across a surprising account. the tails of impacts of droughts, images of livestock carcasses, anguished faces of the elderly, despaired women and children left behind at home(a structured makeshifts), the sun hitting you directly making one to think if you are inside incubators, the sun baked remotes of villages gives an aura of hopelessness – a dare need of intervention. Drought and famine is almost becoming a cliché in Kenya. Despite the existing drought early warning systems we are given, drought disaster response mechanisms and coping strategies remain miserably wanting. More often, drought and famine situations degenerate into dire humanitarian crises before any quick response from all the stakeholders. in North Eastern Kenya drought is more vicious phenomena that years in years out hit back leaving a trail of pain and worry , it’s a struck of despair that needs a more tackling – with pastoral communities h...

AGAINST THE ODD-   A DISABLE FARMER VENTURES INTO AGRO -FARMING CALLS FOR SUPPORT. Agriculture sector is backbone of dependency across the developing world, but it is one where disabled people face some of the greatest prejudice and exclusion. Poverty and disability are intrinsically linked, across the world 43 per cent of people with a disability live in poverty. On this scale they are the most vulnerable to this or affected greatly. Poverty may lead to disability through poor living conditions, malnutrition and lack of access to health services. Conversely, disability leads to poverty though lack of employment and education opportunities, and limited access to health and social services. Two kilometers away from the beehives activities, the buzzing, and hustling of the town we made a trip to the village of Makoror. We met Mohamed Abdi a disable father age 55-year. While arguments whether the people with disabilities if they can bring changes on their lives in en...

If no intervention fastracked things will escalate as the droughts ravages parts of Wajir County- leaders should wake up As the heatwaves continues hitting the brunt of the alarming droughts is gradually felts in Wajir especially the pastroralist who are immensely affected whose main dependency are livestock with temperature exceeding forty Celsius. The normal live has been derailed- the land is bare and expansive, multiple whirlwinds sweeping across every now and then, with shortage of water is felt across the six constituencies, unknown outbreaks of diseases reported in West of Wajir, Athibohol, livestock dying masses in Aragne which believed to be livestock diseases, weakness of livestock, human-wildlife conflicts, malnutrition among children and pregnant mothers- this may cause serious diseases .The school learning has been affected as the heatwaves causing disruption across- schools in the outskirts are facing inadequate of water and well nutrients balanced food are ...