The fire ravaging Isiolo's grasslands was reportedly caused by human error, the county's commissioner has revealed.
As of Wednesday, January 22, more than 300,000 acres of grazing land were affected by the bushfires with efforts to contain the blaze still ongoing.
The inferno, which has been worsened by strong winds and dry grass could have easily been avoided according to County Commissioner Geoffrey Omunde who blamed the disaster on herders and honey farmers. "The cause of that fire, I'm told, was caused by people who were looking for honey," Omunde revealed. "Some were looking for honey while others wanted to clear tsetse flies and ticks so they were destroying that pasture to get rid of the pests." Isiolo County Commissioner Geoffrey Omunde.
Facebook Beekeepers typically use two methods to harvest honey and they both involve fire.
