Reports

BACKGROUND The invasion by desert locusts in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL) counties that started in December of 2019 is still ongoing as per reports by the Food Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in…

Nairobi, November 2020 – As the number of COVID-19 cases surged in Kenya, UN-Habitat and partners moved quickly to begin the second phase of the Youth-led Emergency Response Nairobi’s Mathare informal settlement. The project, which supports the…

Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification Biophysical Indicators Rainfall: The onset of the short rains was timely in the third and fourth week of October. The distribution was poor in both and time. Vegetation Condition: The forage condition in both…

Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification Biophysical Indicators The short rains season started on the 3rd dekad of October, the onset was normal but depressed with a temporal distribution of only 2 days was experienced in some sections…

Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification Drought Phase: Normal- Stable Biophysical Indicators The county received above normal rains during the month. The Vegetation greenness as depicted by the VCI is above normal. The Water levels in most water sources are…

Biophysical Indicators (Environmental indicators) The month under review recorded rains below long term mean at this time of the year. The state of water sources ranged between fair to good across the livelihood zones. Average distance to water sources…

Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification Biophysical Indicators The month of October was characterized by sunny and hot weather. Rainy season onset came late at end month. The county Vegetation Condition declined but maintained an above normal vegetation…

Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification Biophysical Indicators The onset of short rains was late with poor spatial and temporal distribution. The County vegetation greenness was above normal. Forage condition was poor in pastoral zones and fair in AgroPastorals…

Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification Biophysical Indicators The onset of the short rains was observed in parts of the county in the third dekad of October. However, the forecast indicates depressed October to December rainfall season. The vegetation…

Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification Biophysical Indicators The three dekads received lower than normal rainfall during the month. The vegetation condition index for October was normal for this time of the year implying normal vegetation greenness. However, the vegetation condition…