There has been a market glut as pastoralists have sold off surviving animals, triggering price crashes of as much as 90 percent in some areas.
“Most of the communities we support as an organisation are pastoralists who solely rely on livestock for livelihoods. They lost most of their livestock,” Godfrey Wapangana, a programme officer at the aid agency World Vision, told IRIN.
That has reduced the availability of protein and milk, worsening nutritional levels, particularly among children.
The drought has also hit food production, with maize output falling by 99 percent compared to the long-term average in coastal areas.