Plight of the northern child: When hunger becomes a way of life

Lack of clean water for consumption remains the local community obstacle. Most search for the precious commodity for almost 13 hours. [Francis Kariuki, Standard]

Not a drop of rain for three years in Illeret North Horr Sub-county, and when the rain finally came it poured to the joy of the Daasanach community. Contrary to what was expected, malnutrition cases did not drastically reduce.

"Despite it raining we don't have access to clean water, that is why children get diarrhoea and vomiting, they then become weak," says Nyakero Moroto, a resident of Illeret.