[Source: Daily Nation, by Waweru Wairimu]
The government’s war on desert locusts that continue to wreak havoc in Northern Kenya could soon be over.
This follows reports by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) that swarms will migrate northwards across South Sudan, which is experiencing rains, to breeding areas in that country.
Desert locusts first entered the country on December 28, 2019 through Elwak in Mandera Country and had spread to 27 counties by March.
The invasion has been contained in 24 counties with focus now on Marsabit and Turkana, where…
