Desert locusts now hit 14 countries as Tanzania allege they are laboratory-made locusts

Desert Locusts in East-africa. PHOTO | BMS

Desert locust now hit 14 countries in the world. The Origin of the locusts is Yemen.  Yemen, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Botswana, Pakstan, China, India, Mozambique and Egypt are the current countries fighting desert locusts.


A Tanzanian government official, Dar es Salaam regional commissioner Paul Makonda claimed the locusts which have wreaked havoc in East Africa were made in laboratories. The Dar es Salaam regional commissioner Paul Makonda argued there were two main weapons one could use to cripple African countries and key among them was biology.


Makonda, as EATV reported said even as the government deployed various tactics to deal with the voracious feeders, it would not be a surprise if someone was found inside a laboratory manufacturing the insects so that people could die of hunger. "You may be astonished that as we even find a solution to deal with these pests, someone is seated in a laboratory making them so that they may devour on our crops and people die of hunger," he said.

Dar es Salaam regional commissioner Paul Makonda. PHOTO | BMS

The United States government also donated KSh 800 million to Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia to help deal with the catastrophe.