Network of Climate Journalists of the Greater Horn of Africa

Kenya is headed for heavy rainfall during the short rains season of October, November to December. This is the main rain season for much of the Eastern part of the country.

The recently released rainfall forecast for the October, November to December short rains could see an end to the prolonged drought in the Horn of Africa region.

Water shortage in Nairobi city and its environs will soon be a thing of the past considering the October, November and December Rainfall Pattern.

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is now calling on the governments in the Greater Horn of Africa to utilize climate Early Warning information to ensure populations do not suffer adversely from climate induced disasters.

ZANZIBAR: A new mobile software application know as "Ponya Mobile Game" developed by a team of young software engineers in Kenya that was officially presented Thursday on the sideline of the 47th regional climate outlook forum taking place on island of Zanzibar, is considered to be more effective in reducing global warming impacts associated with extreme weather events and other disasters across the East and the whole Greater Horn of Africa region.

ZANZIBAR: Adaptation to climate change and specifically to El Niño phenomenon in many countries across the East African region and the whole Greater Horn of Africa (GHA) might cost an annual average of up to US$ 5.8 billion by 2050 if residual damages are considered, according to a report released by the World Food Programme (WFP) experts.

ZANZIBAR: A new official report released on Monday by the the Kenyan-based Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Climate Prediction and Application Centre (ICPAC) has listed top-ten factors that are described to be the likely key drivers of Climate Change vulnerability across the region.

The Rwanda Meteorological Department has installed more than 300 weather observation stations across the country in 2017 to improve climate information and in disaster warning and forecasting. While climate change now seems inevitable, this innovation seeks to expand the frontier of weather science by exploring new predictive capabilities in the East African nation.

A new weather forecasting model, developed by Rwandan meteorologists and their partners, purports to improve the quality of the climate and weather data provided to citizens and make it available to as many people as possible, PANA reports in Kigali.

The Kenya Meteorological Service has predicted continued depressed rainfall in the country. While releasing the long rains seasonal forecast, the Weathermen said except for Western, North Rift and North Western Kenya, the country will continue to suffer dry weather conditions.  This in essence means the country is not yet out of the woods and more contingency measures are needed to mitigate the resultant consequences of the drought. Reports by  Judith Akolo  from Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC)

Judith Akolo from Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) reports on how drought last three seasons hit Kenya and adversely affected four million people in the East African nation: By: Judith Akolo (KBC)

Brenda Kiprono from Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) reports how families struggle to cope with the impacts of climate change after drought in Kenya has become cyclical and predictable.

Kenya has pledged to promote policies, frameworks ,strategies and actions aimed at combating desertification. Environment cabinet secretary Judy Wakhungu   told KBC's Brenda Kiprono that recent cycles of drought have accelerated soil degradation leading to food insecurity.