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Women from Koitebes area in Mogotio struggle to draw little water from the drying riverbed. [Gideon Kangogo, Standard]

Children aged below five and their mothers are becoming the new face of effects of prolonged drought in at least six worst affected counties.

This week, the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA) said over 940,000 children risked death due to malnutrition resulting from food scarcity caused by prolonged drought in some four counties.

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