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Tharaka residents cry out for relief food after crop failure

Tharaka drought

A man fetching water in a well dug in the middle of dry Thanantu River in Tharaka constituency, Tharaka Nithi County. Residents of the hunger-hit Tharaka constituency have called on the government to provide them with relief food and water.

Photo credit: ALEX NJERU I Nation Media Group

Hunger-hit residents of the semi-arid parts of Tharaka constituency in Tharaka Nithi County have appealed to the government for relief food and water.

Speaking to reporters in Gatunga, Tharaka North sub-county yesterday, the residents said most permanent rivers had dried up and they and their animals were staring at death.