In drought-hit Kenya, fairer sharing of rivers helps keep the peace

Livestock in Athi River, Machakos County. Biting drought has forced migration pastoralists to move from one county to another in search of pasture. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Kelena Ole Nchoe hopes efforts to share river water in the Ewaso Nyiro South basin in Kenya’s Rift Valley will help avoid the violence that has erupted elsewhere between herders and farmers as a drought crisis shrinks pasture.

But he is sure there will be competition for water in the near future.

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