Desert Locusts

Project to use drones to spray chemicals on desert locusts

Reading Time: < 1 minute The government has launched a pilot project seeking to deploy drones to control desert locust in Samburu County, Northern Kenya. […]

It’s time to eat rodents to boost food security

Reading Time: 4 minutes After abandoning traditional African cuisines in the name of modernity and using dangerous chemicals to destroy the environment, Kenyans are […]

Sh100 million to sustain fight against desert locust invasion

Reading Time: 2 minutes  Mwangi Mumero Donations to combat the desert locust invasion in Eastern Africa continue to pour in even as more parts of the […]

Spraying wipes out bands of locusts nymphs in Kitui

Reading Time: 2 minutes Kitui County has recorded more than 90 per cent  decimation of bands of locust nymphs as motorised spraying continues in […]

Munya allays food insecurity fears as locust attack spreads

Reading Time: 2 minutes Desert locusts have invaded at least 26 counties, Agriculture CS Peter Munya said. He, however, allayed fears of an imminent […]

Locusts were visiting five counties then leave, says CS Munya

Reading Time: < 1 minute Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya on Tuesday said the desert locusts in at least five counties ware just a ‘visit’ […]

MP walks to TV interview with yellow locusts to disprove Munya claim

Reading Time: 2 minutes Mbeere South MP walks to a television interview with bag of yellow locusts to disproof Agriculture CS Peter Munya's claims.

Woman travels over 150km to witness locust invasion in mother’s farm

Reading Time: 2 minutes A woman travelled from Nairobi to Nyeri County to witness the devouring of her mother's farm by desert locusts.

Kenya to recruit state-trained youth to fight desert locusts

Reading Time: 2 minutes Kenya will recruit trainees from the National Youth Service (NYS), country’s premier vocational training institute, to boost the fight against […]

State enlists National Youth Service to contain locusts

Reading Time: < 1 minute Kirera Mwiti and KNA The government has now sought the services of the National Youth Service in a bid to […]