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Declare drought an emergency now or we die, governor pleads

Mandera Governor Mohamed Adan Khalif. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Mandera Governor Mohamed Adan Khalif has spent the past few weeks knocking on doors to seek relief aid for the humanitarian crisis afflicting his people.

Khalif has met national government officials and development partners, explaining the dire situation facing residents of Mandera and those from the Northern region as a whole, occasioned by the region's worst drought in 40 years.

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