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Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification
Biophysical Indicators
• Select few areas on the Western side of the County received
highly depressed rainfall for 1-2 days culminating to cessation
during dekad one of December. Noteworthy, total rainfall for
the 6-month period (July-December 2020) represents only 72
percent of the rainfall normally received within that duration.
Further, the weather outlook for January points to the
likelihood of maximum temperatures exceeding 360 C.
• Deterioration in the condition of vegetation was witnessed as
evidenced by the shift in the VCI-3month index downwards
from the previous month. The Fisheries and the Eastern areas
of the Pastoral livelihood zones remained the most affected.
• The water situation was declining and inadequate especially in
sites not well served with boreholes. In addition, most open
water sources were below 25 percent capacity in December.
Socio Economic Indicators (Impact Indicators)
• Save for the Fisheries zone, the body condition for all species
was fair while the household return distance to water source
was stable but for livestock it increased albeit marginally.
• Milk production and consumption level declined and was
outside the seasonal range. Terms of trade remained stable but
exceptionally low in Turkana North and despite out-migration
being witnessed, there were no deaths attributed to starvation.
• Proportion of households’ categorized as having a poor FCS
increased but there was no significant shift in the proportion of
moderately malnourished under-fives. Notably, households’
were applying more severe coping strategies in December.