Tag: desert locusts

Desert locusts to leave Kenya next month, FAO predicts

Kenyans in areas hit hard by desert locusts can now breathe a sigh of relief as the insects are set to leave the country in July. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations in its latest update states that the desert locusts are expected to migrate northwards to the summer breeding areas […]

World Bank to give Kenya nearly Sh8 billion for coronavirus, locust control

Kenya is set to receive nearly Sh8 billion from the World Bank for containment of the deadly coronavirus disease and desert locusts.

‘Excited’ Bungoma residents warned against feasting on invading locusts

Bungoma County Agriculture minister tells local resident not feast on invading desert locusts as they may be harmful to wellbeing.

Farmers fear crop loss as locusts invade Kitui County

Kitui MCAs, Johnson Kanandu and Stephen Kivunsi, said the locusts first invaded Kitui through the Kora Game Reserve in Tseikuru.

Govt to spend over Sh300m to fight locust invasion

Desert locusts, which to fly an average of 120km per day, have invaded Mandera, Marsabit, Garissa, Wajir, Isiolo and Samburu counties