The Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture has warned that a second round of desert locusts will once again invade East Africa.
According to Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture, Peter Munya, the swarms, which have already spread to seven East African countries, have been laying eggs along their migratory paths and these are expected to hatch between March and April.
Munya said that Kenya’s agricultural sector had a plan in place to mobilise resources running into June this year.
Last week the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) confirmed that efforts were under way to protect crops in the East African region.
The locust invasion has affected Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Eritrea. - Zoë van Rooyen
