It is common here to sell off livestock in a drought when the pasturage isn’t sustaining the livestock you have-it is either that or buy hay to make up the difference-which is ruinously expensive-drought brings the price of cattle/beef down and inflates the price of a bale of hay to ridiculous levels, but that is how life in works in the world outside of cities where food comes from...
It is common here to sell off livestock in a drought when the pasturage isn’t sustaining the livestock you have-it is either that or buy hay to make up the difference-which is ruinously expensive-drought brings the price of cattle/beef down and inflates the price of a bale of hay to ridiculous levels, but that is how life in works in the world outside of cities where food comes from...
It’s sensible to sell of surplus stock where your right to the land is secure, in order to protect what grass you have for the stock you keep; but in places with land is held in common [which is was here, too, before farmers started fencing the land off and range wars began] , if you thin your herd and the grass replenishes, some other guy can come along any time with his herd and his cattle eat up all your grass and move on, and you get nothing for your effort.
I’m not sure what Kenya’s land rights are like but chances are that has a lot to do with it.