Kenya faces hunger crisis as drought wipes out livestock

1. Kenya faces hunger crisis as drought wipes out livestock

2. Tina Ekiro from the Turkana pastoralist community waters sheep from an open well dug on a dry riverbed in Loyoro village of Kalokol in Turkana, Kenya, September 28. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

3. Ekadeli Nawongorot from the Turkana pastoralist community is fed on Ready-to-use Supplementary Food (RUSF), for the management of moderate acute malnutrition, at a United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Kenya Red Cross integrated outreach

4. An aerial view of Takaba, following a prolonged drought near the Kenya-Ethiopia border in Mandera region, Kenya, September 1. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

5. Members of the Turkana pastoralist community affected by the worsening drought collect water from an open well dug on a dry riverbed in Kakimat village in Turkana, Kenya, September 27. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

6. Lesiken Maten 45, a Samburu pastoralist, herds his goats as they look for water near a dry river bank near Lengusaka in Wamba, Samburu county, Kenya, July 27. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

7. Dorcas Alongitai, an 18 month old malnourished child, rests at the paediatric stabilization ward within the Lodwar County Referral Hospital in Turkana, Kenya, September 26. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

8. Samburu tribes women queue to receive relief meat in the de-stocking of emaciated animals in a program by the government and the Kenya Red Cross to buy livestock, slaughter and distribute the meat as relief food to the most affected families amid a

9. A child from the Turkana pastoralist community sleeps under a tree as people attend a United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Kenya Red Cross integrated outreach medical clinic in Kakimat village in Turkana, Kenya, September 27.

10. Riseni Lepale 62, a Samburu tribes woman, waits to receive relief meat in the de-stocking of emaciated animals in a program by the government and the Kenya Red Cross to buy livestock, slaughter and distribute the meat as relief food to the most

11. The carcass of an elephant that died during the drought is seen in the Shaba National Reserve, Isiolo county, Kenya, September 22. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

12. A child affected by the worsening drought due to failed rain seasons pulls a jerrycan of water at Sopel village in Turkana, Kenya, September 27. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

13. Pastoralists feed cows with sorted maize amid a prolonged drought near the Kenya-Ethiopia border in Takaba, in Mandera region, Kenya, September 1. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

14. Samburu tribes people walk home after receiving relief meat amid a prolonged drought near Lengusaka in Wamba, Samburu county, Kenya, July 27. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

15. A child stands by a woman near a watering point to collect water near the Kenya-Ethiopia border in Eresteno village along the Wajir-Mandera border in Mandera region, Kenya, September 1. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

16. Samburu women tribes queue to receive relief meat near Lengusaka in Wamba, Samburu county, Kenya, July 27. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

17. Lesiken Maten 45, a Samburu pastoralist, takes his goats to a puddle near a dry river bank while a man bathes near Lengusaka in Wamba, Samburu county, Kenya, July 27. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

18. A Turkana tribe woman looks on as she waits to be served with relief food in the drought hit Lorengo village of Turkana North in Turkana county Kenya, July 20. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi

19. Vultures gather around the carcass of an endangered Grevy's Zebra, which died during the drought, in the Buffalo Springs National Reserve, Isiolo county, Kenya, September 23. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

20. A woman from the Turkana pastoralist community drinks water as she attends a United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Kenya Red Cross integrated outreach medical clinic in Kakimat village in Turkana, Kenya, September 27. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

21. Children stand by their family jerrycans as they wait for their turn to collect water at a borehole near the Kenya-Ethiopia border in Kubdishan, in Mandera region, Kenya, September 1. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

22. A woman from the Turkana pastoralist community affected by the worsening drought drinks water from an open well dug on a dry riverbed in Kakimat village in Turkana, Kenya, September 27. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

23. A child from the Turkana pastoralist community looks on at an open classroom under a tree at the Sopel Primary School in Sopel village in Turkana, Kenya, September 27. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

24. Pastoralists escort camels to a watering point near the Kenya-Ethiopia border in Takaba, in Mandera region, Kenya, September 1. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

25. Children from the Turkana pastoralist community look on at an open classroom under a tree at the Sopel Primary School in Sopel village in Turkana, Kenya, September 27. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

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27. Loudi Lokoriyeng' from the Turkana pastoralist community watches while his goats drink water as Tina Ekiro collects water from an open well dug on a dry riverbed in Loyoro village of Kalokol in Turkana, Kenya, September 28. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

28. Agnes Ekereku from the Turkana pastoralist community sits with her severely acute malnourished 4-year-old grandson Ekai Ebei at the paediatric stabilisation ward within the Lodwar County Referral Hospital (LCRH) in Turkana, Kenya, September 26.

29. Women wait for their turn to collect water at a borehole near the Kenya-Ethiopia border in Kubdishan, in Mandera region, Kenya, September 1. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

30. A cow walks in a dried Eresteno water pan project near the Kenya-Ethiopia border in Eresteno village along the Wajir- Mandera border in Mandera region, Kenya, September 1. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

31. Turkana tribe women fetch water from a shallow well for their goats at the Nasurukeny watering point near Lorengo village of Turkana North in Turkana county, Kenya, July 19. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi