Khat farmers in eastern Kenya are feeling the consequences of a British ban on the importation of the narcotic leaf.
I found that the once vibrant town of Mau, 450km east of Nairobi, a centre of the khat industry, is now a shadow of its former self.
Dozens of shops have closed and hundreds of youths were sitting by the road chewing khat, while pondering their future.
But there is still the Kenyan and Somali markets to serve.
Fatma Hussein, who once ran an khat export business, told me she now finds it hard to pay for her children’s school fees.
