Content: Forage plants of the dry areas in Northern Kenya and their utilisation by domestic ruminants, dromedaries and donkeys; illustrated dictionary of common botanical terms, 45 grasses, 38 herbs and dwarf shrubs, 46 bushes and trees; tables of nutritive values for all described plant species, of the measured digestibility in cattle, sheep, goats, and dromedaries and intake preferences of these four livestock species and donkeys; list of vernacular names for all described plant species in the most common local languages in Northern Kenya.