http://www.capitalfm.co....-second-quarter-of-2013/

Outlook for the 2013 “Short Rains” (October-November-December
(OND)) season
The Climate Outlook for the 2013 “Short Rains” (October-November-December (OND)) season indicates that much of the country is likely to experience depressed rainfall. This will mainly be driven by the cooling of the Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) in the western Equatorial Indian Ocean adjacent to the East African coastline coupled with warmer than average SSTs in the eastern Equatorial Indian Ocean adjacent to Australia (the so called negative Indian Ocean Dipole – IOD). The distribution of the rainfall in time and space is expected to be generally poor over most places in the country.

5. POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF THE OND 2013 RAINS
5.1 Agriculture, Fisheries, Livestock Development and Food Security Sectors
Generally near-normal rainfall is expected over most agricultural areas of the country. It is also
expected that the rainfall will be poorly distributed. The poor distribution may impact negatively
on the agricultural activities in most of the areas. Food security is expected to deteriorate
especially in the eastern sector of Kenya during the October-December period. Farmers are
advised to liaise with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries for advice on
appropriate crops to plant and the crop management practice to undertake.
Foliage and pasture conditions in the pastoral areas of Northern, Northwestern and Northeastern
Kenya are expected to deteriorate as a result of the expected poor rainfall performance during
the season. Pastorolists should, therefore, seek advice from the livestock sector to avert any
loss of their animals.

@ Kausha, you can download pdf report here, under seasonal forecast
http://www.meteo.go.ke/index.html

meanwhile..



and

@Siringi Treasury cuts overdraft at Central Bank by Sh23bn
:)

VAT Act - Ndemo too sees the madness it'll create.

http://www.businessdaily...6/-/psye6t/-/index.html

Intro of excise tax on mobi money was bad enough by trying to put unnecessary speed bumps. Then VAT on ICT stuff. Indeed, IMF prescriptions this one. Cutting wasteful gok expenditure will net many times over extra spending power for gok than those tax speed bump policies...