The drought forces residents to trek 15km to fetch water for drinking and domestic use along Ng’inyang or Chemoling’ot rivers in Tiaty subcounty.
It is in the same Cheptaran village where six people, including a five-year old child, were reported to have died of hunger between Wednesday and Sunday last week.
The resident says residents are going for days without food and water.
However, Tiaty subcounty deputy commissioner Yussuf Huka denied that people died of hunger.
Nyumba Kumi official William Yano said 10 people have lost their lives since last year due to hunger, although the cases went unreported.
“Our people have not been supplied with relief foods since May last year, yet numbers of their livestock also died due to the harsh drought,” Ripko MCA Daniel Tuwit said.
Once it gets finish I will be forced to trek 10km to fetch some in the drying up river Ng’inyang,” she said.
Elsewhere in Baringo North Subcounty, women and children are forced to spend their nights in seasonal rivers searching for water amid harsh droughts More than 10,000 children are on the verge of dropping out of school due to water scarcity and hunger in arid areas.
The residents appealed to the county and national government and well-wishers to supply them with enough water bowsers to quench their thirst.
Last week on Wednesday, Water PS Fred Segor supplied six water bowsers to serve Pokot residents in Tiaty subcounty, riling residents of neighbouring Baringo North and South subcounties.