Denial and blame game needless in the face of debilitating famine

An emaciated Rosa Lokol sleeping outside her Manyatta at Lojere Emoit village in Turkana County. (Kevin Tunoi, Standard)

The debate over whether Kenyans have died from starvation arising from drought is inappropriate and out-of-place to say the least. That there is food scarcity and people are going without food, a basic human right is not in doubt and no amount to buck-passing will erase this naked truth.

What is exasperating and should have pricked the country’s collective consciousness is that although we are in the 21 first Century, Kenyans are held captive by the weather and appear unwilling to learn from its past mistakes. For how long will a season’s delayed rains continue to wreak havoc?