A gum tree common in Kenya’s Arid and Semi Arid Lands might be the magical key to alleviating poverty and perennial cattle rustling. The gum tree known by its scientific name, Senegal Arabica, produces sap which to locals in Samburu and Isiolo counties is used to feed goats, yet gum Arabic is a major agent in industrial use. Gum Arabic’s mixture of polysaccharides and glyco-proteins gives it the properties of a glue and binder which is also edible by humans. For industrial use, it is used as a binder in watercolor paint, in photography for gum printing, and in the pharmaceuticals and cosmetics industry gum Arabica is used as a binder, an emulsifying agent and a suspending or viscosity increasing agent.