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‘We scramble for food with children’

Golicha Hassan

Golicha Hassan with the goats he failed to sell at the livestock market in Marsabit County. Residents have expressed fear of starvation. 

Photo credit: Jacob Walter | Nation Media Group

By  Jacob Walter

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Camel deaths are an indication of the gravity of the problem, as that only happens in extreme drought.
  • More than 200 households in Kambi Nyoka have despaired as most of their animals have also died.

The scorching sun is diminishing the hopes of 64-year-old Elema Denge, a resident of Bubisa location in North Horr, Marsabit county.

The father of six is frail and sick. He and his children have had barely enough to eat in the last two weeks.

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