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Declare drought a national disaster, Uhuru told

Tana River Senator Ali Abdi Bule addressing a press conference at Parliament on the drought in the reagion, he said money given by government is not enough for the wide region affected 21/10/2016 [PHOTO: JENIPHER WACHIE/Standard]

Tana River Senator Ali Abdi Bule has asked President Uhuru Kenyatta to declare current drought in parts of the country a national disaster.

He warned that thousands of pastoralist families at the Coast and North Eastern risk starvation following the drying up of water points.

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