Hunger knows no tribe nor political allegiance

 

Kenya, 54 years after independence, is supposedly a ‘food secure’ nation, producing enough food to feed its estimated 48 million citizens. But while Kenya’s economy has steadily grown, its ability to feed its people has been on the decline. Resolving this dilemma has been a challenge to successive regimes since 1963. According to Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (2008), more than half of the country’s population eats less food than required on a daily basis. One in every four Kenyans is food poor, meaning that even if they spent all their income on food, they still wouldn’t be able to meet minimum dietary requirements.

Food security