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Kenya

West Pokot: Drought Early Warning Bulletin for May 2024

Attachments

Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification

Biophysical Indicators

▪ The county has received above normal rainfall in most parts of the county in the month of May 2024

▪ The 3month-VCI is indicating the county had above normal vegetation greenness conditions with improving trend which is attributed to the rains received.

▪ The forage condition in both pastoral and agro-pastoral livelihood zones is ranging from fair to good while in most mixed farming livelihood zones the pasture and browse was good.