A withered section of a maize plantation in Elburgon area of Kenya's Rift Valley Province in September last year. More than four million Kenyans will face an acute shortage of their staple food, maize, as early as April this year, according to research by Tegemeo Institute. FILE
More than four million Kenyans will face an acute shortage of their staple food, maize, as early as April this year.
Egerton University’s research arm — Tegemeo Institute — says the country’s food security situation is precarious. It adds that there is a potential food crisis occasioned by erratic rains during the long rains season.
