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Maua, Kenya – Even as drought continues in parts of Kenya, rain has started falling in the hills outside Maua town, in the highland region of Meru, famed for the quality khat grown there.
Farmers like Eric Mwiti have been waiting for a change in weather – and in market conditions.
Mwiti, 28, manages five acres (two hectares) of khat trees on his family’s farm, but even after the expensive drilling of a well to sustain the crop through longer dry seasons, he can only water half his plants.
This is because the market for Kenyan khat is yet to recover from setbacks that started with the…
