Residence of Kabogor in Emining ward- Baringo County saw a spectacular swarm of desert locust which had covered the sky descending from the slopes of Sirwa-Kapkein hills. It first touched down at Ngendui and Oinopsos almost blocking Ravine - Tenges road, before advancing to Kipsongol and chemutagar of Cheberen location and to Isanche, Kipswerer, sonochun, kamulat, kaptabarar and finally to kindonin before vanishing to kamalanget of Kabogor sub location and to other sides of lombala and Ngubereti.
The locust spent only 1hr in the area but left a traceable mark on trees and grass.
People followed step by step scaring them away and wondering of their eating nature of leaves and grass which left some trees leaveless within minutes.
The old ( kipkoimet and korongoro) said that the same locust visited the area in the early years of 60,s so to them it was history repeating itself.
To Kaplelach age set to Chumo, this was their first time to witness locust in their soil. They took pictures and videos for reference in several seasons to come.
February 29, 2020
