Over 120,000 people in Isiolo County need food due to the looming drought for the next four months when the health condition of the animals they depend on is expected to improve. Most of the area population depends on animal products and milk for their livelihood which is threatened following failure of rain last October […]
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Hunger stricken families in Marsabit County have received food support from the government. Marsabit County Commissioner (CC) Paul Rotich said that the drought situation was under constant review adding that plans have been put in place to ensure that the affected families are not exposed to starvation. Mr Rotich told KNA that 490 metric tons […]
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The Government is scaling up relief food distribution for vulnerable people in 23 counties, amid the ravaging drought. Government Spokesperson Col. (Rtd) Cyrus Oguna, says the relief food distribution programme is meant to avert an emergency food situation in the worst affected areas of the country as drought deepens. He said the government is on […]
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Some 26,000 households in Kwale County are set to benefit from relief food supplies in a bid to cushion them from famine. The relief food which comprises of maize, beans, rice and cooking oil is part of the government’s initiative to avert the food crisis currently being experienced in the county. The assorted food items […]
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About 1,600 households in Laikipia County have benefited from relief food provided by the National Government aimed at cushioning them against the ongoing ravaging drought in the region. Laikipia East Deputy County Commissioner, Patrick Muli, noted that the Ministry of Devolution donated a total of 400 bags of beans and 300 bags of rice which was […]
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