President Uhuru Kenyatta has been called upon to declare drought a national disaster.
Tana River Senator Ali Abdi Bule has called for the intervention of the Head od State before the situation gets out of hand.
Bule who was speaking on Friday said that thousands of pastoralist families at the Coast and North Eastern risk starvation following the drying up of water points.
He said that declarion of a national disaster will tackle the issue with seriouness it deserves.