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Media urged to spotlight 'silent emergencies'

Kenya Red Cross Society Secretary General Idris Ahmed 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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