No Kenyan should die because of drought and food shortages

Severe drought in parts of Kenya exposes more than 1.3 million citizens to starvation. Around the same time last year, 1.6 million Kenyans experienced starvation. At the time, the Government through the Ministry of Devolution committed to spend Sh3billion on food relief for a period of six months. PHOTO: COURTESY

Severe drought in parts of Kenya exposes more than 1.3 million citizens to starvation. Around the same time last year, 1.6 million Kenyans experienced starvation. At the time, the Government through the Ministry of Devolution committed to spend Sh3billion on food relief for a period of six months.

The situation is particularly bad in the arid and semi-arid areas of Kenya, which routinely go through the experience year-in year-out. The worst hit areas are Kilifi, Tana River, Marsabit, Mandera, Samburu, Isiolo, Garissa, Kitui, Wajir and Taita Taveta.