Drought and Famine coping Strategies and the Environment among the Keiyo living in Kerio Valley In Kenya

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