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Is anyone in Government taking hunger threat seriously?

When Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Felix Koskei confidently assures Kenyans that the country has enough food supplies to meet everybody’s needs, few can take him seriously.

Even as reports of deaths occasioned by famine continue being splashed in the media, Mr Koskei’s contention is that there are enough food supplies in drought-hit areas of Turkana, Samburu, Mandera, Garrisa, Baringo and Wajir except that the residents are too poor to afford the food.

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