With the right policies, we can reduce poverty

Women wait in a queue for a water bourser at Nasinyono village in Turkana West Sub County 20-03-2019. PHOTO BY KEVIN TUNOI

In the last few weeks, we have seen images of people who are starving in parts of our country due to the biting drought.

There is no doubt people are suffering due to the dry spell that has persisted over the last one year. The issue of ending drought emergencies is an issue of poverty.