Also known as: RVF
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Capital News
… The investment is intended to strengthen the country’s ability to prevent and rapidly respond to climate-sensitive diseases, including Rift Valley Fever, whose risks can increase during prolonged periods of flooding due to a rise in disease-carrying vectors. …
Kagwe unveils Sh2.1bn livestock plan ahead of El NiñoThe Standard
… This is designed to prevent and rapidly respond to climate-sensitive diseases, including Rift Valley Fever (RVF) and the increased vector burden that typically accompanies prolonged flooding. …
Kagwe launches electronic livestock identification system, vaccination in IsioloCitizen Digital
… As for the bulk of the funding, Ksh.1.5 billion will go toward pre-positioning vaccines, veterinary medicines and mobile clinics to head off disease outbreaks like Rift Valley Fever, which typically follow flooding. …
Gov’t rolls out Ksh.2.1B livestock plan ahead of El Niño rainsCitizen Digital
… The 1997-98 event remains the region's benchmark flood disaster: months of excessive rain across Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia displaced hundreds of thousands of people, destroyed infrastructure, and triggered one of the largest recorded outbreaks of Rift Valley fever, a mosquito- …
Understanding El Niño: The ocean pattern reshaping East Africa's rainy seasonThe government has launched a Sh2.1 billion preparedness plan to protect livestock farmers and pastoral communities from anticipated El Niño effects, targeting 24 flood-prone and livestock-rich counties. The largest share of funds will go towards vaccines, veterinary medicines, and emergency response equipment to help farmers act before disasters occur.
11 September 2026 · Capital News →
The government has launched a Sh2.1 billion preparedness plan to protect livestock farmers and pastoral communities from anticipated El Niño effects, targeting 24 flood-prone and livestock-rich counties. The largest share of funds will go towards vaccines, veterinary medicines, and emergency response equipment to help farmers act before disasters occur.
11 September 2026 · Capital News →
Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has launched the Animal Identification and Traceability System (Anitrac) in Isiolo, an electronic tagging initiative to enable identification and traceability of livestock for export compliance and to combat livestock theft.
11 September 2026 · The Standard →
The government has rolled out a Ksh.2.1 billion National Livestock Sector El Niño Preparedness and Anticipatory Action Plan targeting 24 flood-prone and high livestock population counties. Ksh.1.5 billion will fund vaccines, veterinary medicines and mobile clinics to prevent disease outbreaks like Rift Valley Fever, with remaining funds supporting livestock markets, water points and feed reserves.
10 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
El Niño is a natural climate pattern in which surface waters in the central and eastern Pacific warm well above average, part of a larger climate cycle called the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) that oscillates between three states and reshapes weather patterns globally and across East Africa.
20 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →