PREMIUM No pasture, then floods: Kajiado herders fear another livestock crisis Pastoralists caught in a cruel weather cycle. Kajiado 16 min ago

Heavy rain warnings However, the fear of drought is now intertwined with anxiety over El Niño rains among pastoralists who depend on livestock as their main source of livelihood in the largely semi-arid county.

Rael Njoki, 51, from Loitokitok in Kajiado South Sub-County said a repeat of the negative effects of the 1997-98 El Niño is expected if the rains become heavy.

Photo credit: Stanley Ngotho| Nation Media Group Ezekiel Ntiyiene, 57, a farmer and butcher at Oloika in Kajiado West sub-County told the Nation that he was a 28-year-old budding livestock farmer during the 1997/98 El Niño rains.