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Officials Say Locusts Threat To Livestock As Spraying Begins

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By Business Daily

The government has begun the aerial spraying in Wajir amid fears that the invasion of the desert locusts could adversely affect livestock production.

The aerial spray comes as a relief to the residents of northern Kenya who had resorted to desperate measures in repelling the pests that are threatening food security in the region.

According to Hassan Gure, an official from the county Department of Agriculture, the first phase of spraying was carried out in Wajir South targeting the colony of locusts that had settled in an area around Wajir-Garissa border.

The second phase targeted a colony of desert locusts which invaded the county via Diff, an area between the Kenya-Somalia border.

Mr Gure said even as the exercise continues another colony of locusts — way larger than the first current group — is migrating into Ashabito ward, Mandera.

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