Audio By Vocalize Indigenous cattle grazing. Ministry of Agriculture report revealed that Kenyan pastoralists lost 1.5 million livestock due to pasture and water shortages. [File, Standard] Demystifying the age-old adage “as common as grass” reveals a deeper truth: grass, though ubiquitous, is far more valuable than its familiarity suggests. In Kenya, where arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL) constitute more than half the country’s land mass, the absence of grass is not merely a botanical concern but a matter of survival. Grass sustains both ecosystems and livelihoods. Humans depend on herbivorous animals for food, hides, transport, labour and income. Those animals,…