Worsening drought puts 2.5m Kenyans at risk of starvation
Residents of Kakwanyang in Turkana County, Kenya, queue to get relief food on March 27, 2019, as hunger bites. More than 2.5 million Kenyans are facing starvation as drought and food security situation in the country continues to deteriorate. PHOTO | PETER WARUTUMO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
More than 2.5 million Kenyans are facing starvation as drought and food security situation in the country continues to deteriorate, says National Drought Management Authority (NDMA).
The agency, in its latest report, has said that the number of people currently facing acute food shortage stands at 2.6 million people, an increase from the estimated 1.6 million people as at May 2019 during the mid-season assessment.
