MP pleads to State for supply of relief food

By Standard Reporter

Baringo,Kenya: Baringo Central MP William Cheptumo wants State to supply relief food in famine prone parts of Baringo County. Cheptumo says over 10,000 residents of his constituency are facing starvation following a long spell of drought.

The MP says the situation was compounded by spates of insecurity due to rampant cattle rustling in the area and called for action to avert a humanitarian catastrophe.

“I am appealing to the Government to immediately dispatch relief food to save these Kenyans from starvation,” he said.

Speaking in Nairobi, the MP said most of his constituents had lost their livestock due to cattle rustling.