Vuvuzela's came into international recognition during the 2010 FIFA world cup which was held in South Africa, and have ever since been considered a sporting equipment.

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However, the same is no longer the mentality in Kisumu county, where some farmers are now using the noisy stuff to scare off birds from their soghurm and rice farms.

Sorghum farmers in Miguye in Kisumu county have resorted to Vuvuzelas to scare off destructive weaver birds which have descended on their fields, resulting in losses.

According to Obudo Border Cooperative Society Chair Vincent Okwaro, the birds, mostly the Sudan Dioch, have so far destroyed about 350 acres of mature sorghum.

He says that the situation has been the case for two weeks now, with attempts to get interventions from the county leadership proving futile.

“It is now two weeks since the birds invaded our fields. I am afraid we might not harvest anything if Ministry of Agriculture and county government officials do not come to our rescue,” he told the Sunday Nation.

Mr Geoffrey Kungu, a farmer, says that they are forced to leave their homes at dawn to protect their crops.

He says that combating the birds is as well not easy as they land in another farm immediately after being chased from another.

"We arrived here at 5am. Chasing the birds is a tedious job but what other choice do we have?” he told Nation reporters.

Mr Okwaro says that some farmers have sought the services of young men to keep their farms clear of the birds at a daily pay of Sh200.