How much ugali should last you 10 days? Museveni demonstrates

Those receiving relief food from the government need to check how much they eat to make it last longer, Ugandans have been told.
 
Many governments have been forced to offer relief food to citizens struggling amid the coronavirus pandemic.
 
In a video on social media on Monday, President Yoweri Museveni (pictured) explained that "the scientific conclusion we have arrived at is that 250g of posho is optimal for consumption in this situation.
 
"This means that for 2.6kg of posho, about 10 meals are possible."
 
What Ugandans call posho is what Kenyans call ugali.
 
In his demonstration, the president showed how much ugali can be made from a kilo of maize flour.
 
He went on to cut it, and explained to the meeting attendants, nodding in agreement, what portion one must be satisfied with.
 
Back home, the national government has equally had to offer aid to families grappling with the pandemic that has hurt the economy which experts say was already struggling.
 
Governments have resorted to issue aid that includes both food and nonfood items.
 
Other than coronavirus, other challenges Kenyans have to deal with are the effects of floods and demolitions, the latest being in Ruai and Kariobangi. Flood victims in Tana Delta and parts of Nyanza have also called for aid.
 
But associate professor at the University of Nairobi XN Iraki says the government has no role in supplying food beyond licensing the suppliers.
 
"To be more specific, the government or politicians, in trying to supply food in Kibra or any other informal settlement, are doing what an efficient free market should be doing," he wrote.
 
He adds that the best way to supply food to Kibra or any other informal settlement is to give them vouchers or money, and let the market supply the food.
 
His concerns echo the situation in Mukuru Kwa Njenga and Mukuru Kwa Reuben, where relief items were said to not have reached those it was intended for.
 
Residents have also criticised reports of corporations and individuals donating money that runs into billions of shillings to cushion the public against effects of covid19, but those meant to get the aid never receiving it.
 
President Uhuru Kenyatta and Health CS Mutahi Kagwe have in the past denied claims of embezzlement of the funds and promised that when the time comes an audit will reveal the expenditure.
 
Iraki further adds, "How do we stop feeding a population that will have got addicted to food aid? ... The aid should be time-bound, not open-ended.
 
"If we do not control this aid, we risk creating a generation of dependents."