Catherine Nakalembe
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Like I can tell, yes, there is a drought in Western Kenya.
It has affected approximately 20,000 plus or minus 5,000 acres.
A week ago, there was a huge hailstorm in Kenya and there was hail everywhere.
literally.
So we can actually see, we can show the damage, we can give an approximation.
However, it is not the same as me, a farmer, Jane, in my field in Hoima, for example, this is in Uganda.
What exactly happened to me?
Was my field completely destroyed?
Maybe.
Was it not?
There's like that kind of like mismatch.
But then the other thing is, even with what we have, there's so much that we can do.
So knowing a drought is coming,
It's so powerful because you would know whether, well, is it worth me planting this season?
I don't have an irrigation system, so maybe I shouldn't do anything.
It's going to be terrible anyways.
So you don't waste your energy.
You don't buy or pay for labor.
You don't buy seeds.
You don't put them in the ground for nothing.