A Bungoma based photojournalist has earned a global award in an international photo competition.

Dishon Amanya's photo titled "Community Resilience -Water Access Solutions in Times of Drought" was named winner in the Governance Solutions category of the international photo competition.

This is a joint initiative by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCDD), the Global Water Partnership (GWP) and the International Drought Resilience Alliance (IDRA).

The competition drew 135 entries from 59 countries with the participants taking photographs on strategies of dealing with water scarcity, land degradation and drought through recording of events using a camera.