• Residents in the county dispose of their livestock to buy food and other necessities.
• Red Cross has said the nation is in an emergency state since most people are relying on relief food.
Livestock owners in Kajiado have been forced to sell their livestock at a throwaway price as drought ravages the county.
Men are seen trying to lift emancipated cows to drag them to the market.
The owners have lost their livestock as carcasses are seen in the field.
The water pan used to irrigate crops in the Lenkishon area has dried up.
Residents in the county dispose of their livestock to buy food and other necessities.
Red Cross has said the nation is in an emergency state since most people are relying on relief food.
Apart from Kajiado other counties affected by drought include Garissa, Isiolo, Kitui, Mandera, Marsabit, Laikipia, Samburu, Tana River, Turkana and Wajir which are said to be in the Alarm drought phase.
Embu, Kilifi, Kwale, Makueni, Meru, Narok, Nyeri, Tharaka Nithi and Taita Taveta are in the Alert drought phase while the remaining three counties: Baringo, West Pokot and Lamu are in the Normal drought phase.