Kenya Red Cross distributes relief food to hunger-stricken families in Samburu
Hunger is being experienced in several parts of Samburu
County as the Kenya Red Cross distributes relief food to 500 families that have
been affected by hunger in Samburu East.
Kenya Red
Cross manager in charge of Upper eastern Maurice Anyango said expectant women
and mothers below five years are the most affected by food shortages in
different parts of Samburu County.
“The
health of mothers and their children aged below five years has detreated after
herders moved with livestock in search of pasture in far areas a situation that
has led to an increase in malnutrition across the county he said.
Naisunyai
village administrator Kupoti Lenakae said that drought has caused water dams to
dry up forcing villages to walk more than 15kms in search of water.
Currently, more than 100,000
people in Samburu County are experiencing hunger and in need of food aid due to
prolonged drought in some areas.
Each family benefitted by
getting 10kgs of rice, 4kgs of beans, two litres of cooking oil and 500gs of
salt.
Ms Padaso
Leng’urde from Naisunyai said the food donation is not enough to meet the
village’s food demand.
“We need
more help because when we go home we will share this food with those who don’t
have, we need the quantity of food and the number of beneficiaries to increase
so that all of us can get food,” she appealed.
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