Abstract:
The study aimed at coping strategies looks at the investigating the of the Keiyo people living impacts,frequency drought and famine traditional
and examines cc ping strategies. interviewing clans in the and Non - Governmentai famine in Kerio valley. people's temporal
It perception of applicability of ( 128 ) and these valley; were selected
and officers Organizations. of Government Observation and Library
were ~lso used. It almost the and The methods of study employed were
of key informants from differen't research and the drought was found that
three times every depending on attributed to god 'Asis', of societal
indigenous the local droughts ten intensity years and in Kerio and had varied
Its occurrence cause. who punished them for their c411dsymb.i.os Ls with themselves. Till sometimes raided tribes f't':>ck as for these indigene
1.S one of strategies pronounced. 'I'b'3re were effects was negligence
six .iut; solving paying school the services fees. Non - Keiyo faced Li of their
w~ter and all established effort SU5 in
the tainably encouraged to cooperate The use by enumerating towards
valley, and the also towards area the that the greater irrigation but of with time. Organizations themselves in towards was mainly like through officers.
communication. The study recommends that food security by other were not geared directly extension efforts for strategies. Governmental The Government's concludes raided among immediate problems of the people,
of agricultural The study coping and were found to have had some positive though these impacts were not heir contributions food security neighbours and were also the helping the people in the area the 1980's. their was found to have declined External interventions impacts on '.'.:>od security developed valley rules. It was also found that the Keiyo had their own
f an i.rie coping strategies by which they practised reciprocity shortage
occurred main problems food security, other for the needed indigenous
cause. uses the like and poor enhancement of not only people to be to be
