Drought and wildfires are ravaging the canopy of reeds in the swampy area at the heart of Nandi.
Dark clouds of smoke are hovering over the King'wal area, a vast water tower that was once teeming with indigenous trees and aquatic reeds, a perfect sanctuary of rare Sitatunga antelopes.
Kingwal swamp is now a pale shadow of its former self.
For two months, fire has destroyed the swamp.
