These heart-wrenching pictures capture the alarming condition of drought-hit Kenya

Samburu tribe women queue to receive relief meat in the de-stocking of emaciated animals in a program by the government and the Kenya Red Cross.

A Turkana tribe woman looks on as she waits to be served with relief food during an outreach program by Save the Children organisation in the drought-hit Lorenzo village of Turkana North in Turkana county Kenya.

Samburu tribe people walk home after receiving relief meat in the de-stocking of emaciated animals in a program by the government and the Kenya Red Cross.

A Samburu pastoralist takes his goats to a puddle near a dry river bank following a prolonged drought near Lengusaka in Wamba, Samburu county, Kenya.

A pastoralist watches while his goats drink water from an open well dug on a dry riverbed in Loyoro village of Kalokol in Turkana, Kenya.

A Samburu pastoralist herds his goats as they look for water near a dry river bank following a prolonged drought near Lengusaka in Wamba, Samburu county, Kenya.

A man from the Maasai pastoralist community attends to an emaciated cow in the Ilbisil settlement of Kajiado, Kenya.

A cow walks in a dried Eresteno water pan project following a prolonged drought near the Kenya-Ethiopia border in Eresteno village along the Wajir- Mandera border in Mandera region, Kenya.

A herd of elephants affected by the worsening drought due to failed rain seasons, walk within the Mgeno conservancy in Mwatate Sub-County, Taita Taveta County, Kenya.

A child stands by a woman near a watering point to collect water following a prolonged drought near the Kenya-Ethiopia border in Eresteno village along the Wajir-Mandera border in Mandera region, Kenya.