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Kenyan food, water scarcity will worsen as rains fail, Met Department says

Kenya food shortages and water scarcity are set to worsen after the long rainy season failed, the meteorological department has said.

Kenya Meteorological Department director Stella Aura warned that  the long rains period between March and May has fallen far below the long-term average for the period.

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