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State food reserves low as famine crisis bites

The national stores have only 731,000 bags of maize yet 4 million bags are needed to save 1.5 million Kenyans from starvation.PHOTO: COURTESY

The national stores have only 731,000 bags of maize yet 4 million bags are needed to save 1.5 million Kenyans from starvation.

The revelation came even as the State reassured that everything was under control.

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