No relief in sight for millions facing acute famine in the Coast

Residents of Mariango and Mitangani village in Kilifi County in search of water after almost all rivers and water points went dry last year. There has been a prolonged [File, Standard]

Thousands of households in four counties at the Coast are facing starvation, with the situation in Kilifi and Tana River counties worrying.

The government has warned of an impending famine caused by poor rains and harvests in parts of Kilifi and Tana River, where low pastures and the drying of wells has decimated livestock.