Key concerns include below-average rains forecasted for October-December 2025 and Eastern Kenya facing the highest drought risk, leading to expected crop and livestock losses in pastoral and cropping areas.
Maize prices are 15 per cent higher than in 2024, following poor short rains in 2024 and uneven long rains in 2025.
The report projects 2.1 million people in crisis or worse.
In refugee camps, nearly two-thirds of households lack food, with extreme coping strategies reported in Kakuma and Kalobeyei.
Furthermore, 742,000 children under five may be malnourished, and more than 109,000 pregnant/breastfeeding women are projected to face acute malnutrition.
