Death in the dustbowl of the north, but our govt just tells lies and shrugs it all off
Hungry elderly woman looks on as she takes acidic wild fruits with no hope for food at Nakoko, Tiaty in Baringo County on March 15,2019. These deaths and suffering could be avoided. But in making that observation, the assumption is that you have a responsible government working beyond the call of duty for the welfare of its citizens. PHOTO | CHEBOITE KIGEN | NMG
Skeletons of bones walking to lonely graves”. This line, picked from a novel, conjures up haunting images of emaciated bodies, mere skin and bones, walking in slow motion, eyes wide open and sad, to open graves dug in sandy soil. One imagines the wind blowing dust across vast empty plains. The line, and the imagery it evokes, is a figment of the imagination.
Or is it? The line could be voice-over narration of the images reaching us of famine-hit areas of northern Kenya.
