Elections should not overshadow drought

The voter registration campaigns might make it easy to forget the plight of people affected by drought if care is not taken, as all the focus has been geared towards the August elections.

Thousands of families across the country are in dire need of food and water for themselves as well as their livestock. Although the Government has begun the distribution of relief food to those affected and assured pastoralists that they will be provided with water and hay for their livestock, the process need to be hastened to avert the loss of life.