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Why are Kenyans starving in food-secure Kenya?
The country has more than enough food to feed its population; yet dozens are starving in its drought-stricken north.
- Patrick Gathara
- Al Jazeera
As a biting drought cuts through a swath of suffering across much of the north and northeastern parts of Kenya, imperilling nearly a million people, government officials and journalists have been locked in an obscene public relations battle over…
Despite the heart-wrenching pictures and footage of emaciated villagers published on newspaper front pages, broadcast on TV channels and shared on social media, the officials continue to insist that the situation has been blown out of…
“There should be no cause for alarm at the moment. The government has put in place intervention to manage the current drought,” Deputy…