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Kenya Red Cross Society Secretary General IdrisAhmed during the launch of the Food and Nutrition Resilience Program at Boma Hotel in Nairobi, on March 21, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]
The media has been challenged to widen their coverage of humanitarian and development issues in Kenya.
Decrying what he described as a persistent under-reportage of issues and consumption of humanitarian content affecting millions of vulnerable Kenyans, the Kenya Red Cross Society Secretary-General Ahmed Idris said there was room for the media, for instance, to shine a deeper spotlight on the impact of disasters and crises long after the events have happened.
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