Idara ya Hali ya Hewa ya Kenya inashughulikia wasiwasi juu ya mvua za muda mrefu za Machi hadi Mei

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Idara ya Hali ya Hewa ya Kenya imetabiri mvua za kawaida zaidi katika maeneo ya kati na magharibi wakati wa mvua za muda mrefu, ikitoa matumaini kwa wakulima na wafugaji katika maeneo ya chakula cha nchi. Hata hivyo, wataalamu wanaonya kwamba maeneo kame zaidi kama ASALs hayatarekebishwa kikamilifu na mvua hizi pekee. Serikali imetangaza kuwa imetoa Ksh6 bilioni kwa misaada katika maeneo yaliyoathiriwa sana.

Kenya inakabiliwa na ukame mmoja wa mbaya zaidi katika zaidi ya miongo minne, na mamilioni ya Wat Kenya wakihofia njaa. Kulingana na Idara ya Hali ya Hewa ya Kenya, mvua za muda mrefu za Machi hadi Mei zinatarajiwa kuleta unafuu muhimu baada ya mvua fupi kushindwa mwaka jana.

"Hali katika maeneo ya chakula cha nchi inaonekana kuwa na matumaini, na mvua za kutosha zinatarajiwa wakati wa msimu wa mvua za muda mrefu," ilisema Idara ya Hali ya Hewa ya Kenya siku ya Jumanne, Februari 3.

Tabiri hii inajumuisha mvua za kawaida zaidi katika maeneo ya kati na magharibi ya Kenya, ikitoa matumaini kwa wakulima na wafugaji. Lakini wataalamu wanasema kuwa maeneo kame kama Mandera, Wajir, na Garissa, ambayo ni ASALs, hayatarejea haraka.

"Hata mvua za wastani hadi zaidi ya wastani zinaweza kuwa hazitoshi kurekebisha upungufu uliopo, kwa sababu mvua za OND zilishindwa katika maeneo haya," alisema Mshauri wa Hali ya Hewa wa Idara ya Hali ya Hewa ya Kenya.

Waziri Mkuu wa Baraza la Mawaziri Musalia Mudavadi ametambua kuwa serikali imetoa takriban Ksh6 bilioni kusaidia jamii katika kaunti za ASALs zilizopata madhara makubwa. Mamlaka ya Taifa ya Kudhibiti Ukame (NDMA) inashughulikia juhudi za misaada, ikijumuisha chakula, uhamisho wa pesa za dharura, na kusafirisha maji.

Kipindi kime chini cha mvua kinachanganywa na tukio la La Niña na Dipole hasi ya Bahari ya Hindi. Nchi jirani kama Somalia, Tanzania, na Uganda pia zinaathirika. Wanasayansi wa hali ya hewa wanaangalia mabadiliko ya El Niño kati ya Mei na Julai 2026, ambayo inaweza kuleta mvua zaidi.

Idara ya Hali ya Hewa inahimiza jamii kuwa tayari, kwani mvua hizi ni muhimu kwa usalama wa chakula na maji.

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Idara ya Hali ya Hewa ya Kenya inatabiri mvua katika maeneo saba kwa siku tano zijazo

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