Group of elders waiting for relief food in drought-stricken Letia, Turkana. August 2021. [Bakari Ang'ela, Standard]
Humanitarian organisations have appealed for more than Sh15 billion to deliver relief aid to 1.3 million people hardest by drought in Kenya. Conservative estimates put the total number of Kenyans experiencing pangs of hunger and water shortages at 2.1 million.