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Arid lands crisis an economic risk Kenya tackle
A woman with a child strapped on her back pulls home containers with water to Abulon Village in Kerio, Turkana central Sub-County of the semiarid Turkana County, after fetching the scarce commodity from a well in a seasonal riverbed at Kerio on February 12, 2026.
Hunger should never be normal, yet it is the current reality in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs). Thousands of people go hungry every day.
Malnutrition, especially among children, has risen sharply. In some regions, education has stalled. Livestock is dying, depriving pastoral communities of their primary source of income.
