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Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification
• As a consequence of the prevailing drier than normal weather conditions, the condition of vegetation remained poor with forage depleting in majority of the sites especially in the Pastoral and Fishing Livelihood Zones. Turkana East, South, Central and Loima experienced the highest deterioration.
• Livestock productivity was on a seasonal low due to the poor to very poor body condition exhibited by all species occasioned by intensive unusual out-migration taking place in search of forage and water to distant areas while increased cases of mortalities attributed to drought causes were witnessed.
• Household purchasing power as reflected through the terms of trade was at its lowest and that impacted negatively on the dietary diversity already affected by total absence of milk for consumption. The level of water consumed was adversely affected by the elongated trekking distance that exceeded the seasonal range by a notable margin with exceedingly longer than normal waiting time being recorded across all areas.
• Concerningly, malnutrition levels remained elevated above the emergency threshold driven by pronounced food consumption gaps as for instance depicted by the huge proportion of households that were classified as having a poor food consumption score. In order to bridge the food gaps, majority of the households applied stress consumption based coping strategies with roughly 27 percent resorting to crisis+.
• The historic drought had resulted to about 143,550 households being affected with 89,720 of these in dire need of food assistance. On the other hand, about 85,000 under-fives and 25,000 pregnant and lactating women required treatment for malnutrition with the emergency outcomes expected to persist.