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EU envoy Henriette Geiger: Why war on drought and graft should be the priority

European Union(EU) Ambassador to Kenya Henriette Geiger during the ERASMUSPLUS Scholarship cocktail party at EU residence in Nairobi on July 28, 2022. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

European Union says the drought situation obtaining in the country was suppressed last year over the election period in favour of the polls.

In candid reflections, EU Ambassador to Kenya Henriette Geiger says the drought was "basically shut out and kept out of the public eye for the elections so it would not upturn the applecart."

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