Residents turn to poisonous wild fruit as famine ravages East Pokot

A woman picking cactus fruits to eat and feed their children. Famine-stricken residents have been forced to eat these and other wild fruits, some which are said to be poisonous. [PHOTO: BONIFACE THUKU/STANDARD]

By VINCENT MABATUK

BARINGO COUNTY: The sun is hot, very hot. The air is still and appears to amplify the intensity of the sun. The ground is sun-scorched and bare and the soil under foot as hot as a cooking oven.