In Summary
• 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.
A man loads sheep into a lorry as many headers are forced to sell their animals at throw away prices due to biting drought at Bisil, Kajiado on October 31, 2022.
Maasai men attempt to lift a weak cow as they wait for a buyer at a cattle market in Bisil, Kajiado on October 31, 2022. Herders are forced to sell their emancipated cattle at throw away prices as drought continues to bite.
Osenya Olemeeli, who has lost his 11 cattle to ongoing drought goes past carcasses of cows, near a cattle market in Bisil, Kajiado on October 31, 2022.
A Maasai man herds his cattle past a cow carcass near a cattle market in Bisil, Kajiado on October 31, 2022.
Osenya Olemeeli, who has lost his 11 cattle to ongoing drought goes past carcasses of cows, near a cattle market in Bisil, Kajiado on October 31, 2022.
A man loads sheep into a lorry as many headers are forced to sell their animals at throw away prices due to biting drought at Bisil, Kajiado on October 31, 2022.
A cow stands next to a sheep carcass that died due to ongoing drought at Olepolos village, Kajiado Central on October 31, 2022.
A weak cow is offloaded from a pickup at a slaughter house, where emancipated cattle are being sold at throw away prices as drought continues to bite in Bisil, Kajiado on October 31, 2022.
A woman reacts to odour of decaying cow carcasses that died due to ongoing drought in Bisil area, Kajiado on October 31, 2022.
A water pipe that was used to pump irrigation water is seen at a dried up water pan in Lenkishon area, Kajiado Central on October 31, 2022.