Since January 2020, a very large population of desert locusts gathered in Kenya. Agriculture officials estimate that 5,000 km2 of pasture and cropland have so far been destroyed by locusts in Mandera, Marsabit, Wajir, Isiolo, Meru, and Samburu counties. The insects had covered more than 10,000 km2 of land in Kenya by January 2020, and had reached the eastern regions of Machakos county, Ethiopia, Somalia, and South Sudan. As of January 2020, it is a serious problem in East Africa, particularly in Uganda and Kenya.