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With photos, Kenyans say #WeCannotIgnore one million hungry people

Turkana Famine
Kenyans shared pictures of drought-hit communities on Twitter on Tuesday, calling for greater government action to end the hunger crisis. [Photo: Courtesy]

Prominent Kenyans shared pictures of drought-hit communities on Twitter on Tuesday, calling for greater government action to end a hunger crisis which has left 1 million people short of food.

#WeCannotIgnore was trending in the east African nation as human rights activists, journalists, and ordinary citizens shared images of a child begging for water and elderly people in arid counties, like Turkana, where drought is a recurrent problem.

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