Livestock prices have dropped by about 70 per cent in drought-stricken districts. A cow is selling for about Sh4,000 in these areas from Sh13,000.

A joint report by the government, World Food Programme, USAid and the Famine Early Warning Systems Network links the decline to lack of water and pasture.

The Kenya Food Security Report said 15 per cent of animals had died in Wajir, Mandera, Marsabit, Moyale, eastern Samburu and northern Isiolo.

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UGANDA – The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation is carrying out mass vaccination of goats, sheep and cattle in the Karamoja region of Uganda against Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) and contagious Bovine Pleuro Pneumonia (CBPP).

The programme is being conducted together with the Government of Uganda. According to Percy Misika, the FAO representative in Uganda, the exercise targets about 1,350,000 cattle and 1,900,000 goats and sheep, a report in All Africa says.

The programme, jointly funded by the UN Central Emergency Response Fund, the government of Ireland, Italy and FAO is costing about $1 million.

Through UN OCHA, the UN Central Emergency Response Fund contributed $700,000, while the government of Ireland gave $116,000 and Italy provided $150,000. The FAO Technical Cooperation Programme contributed $125,000.

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