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Kenyans suffering in El Nino camps as thousands cry out for help

Jilo Daido an Internaly displaced person explainsts some points to the Media outide his makeshift at Kibiso area in the County on Wednesday,09th December,2015.He is among the displaced persons camping in the area after floods from Meru hills swept away their homes .PHOTO BY MAARUFU MOHAMED/STANDARD

Badilisha Amagomba, 19, sits in a makeshift shelter made of twigs, tattered sacks and worn out polythene bags, holding her sick one-year-old son at Haluva IDP camp in Tana Delta, Tana River County.

Her son, Raymond Amuma, and another five children in the 6 by 4 foot shelter are suffering from chest pain, coughs and diarrhoea. Sadly, this scene is replicated many times in the area.

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