Hunger: 2.8 million Kenyans in urgent need of food
A herder holds a dried-out carcass in Horri Guda, North Horr, Marsabit County. Pastoralists in nothern Kenya are losing their herds to the devastating drought.
This figure is an increase from the 2.1 million people who were starving last September.
Among the affected counties are Baringo, Isiolo, Mandera, Marsabit, Samburu, Turkana and Kilifi.
About 2.8 million Kenyans in 23 counties are urgently in need of relief food, the government has said.
Although officials said no one had died of hunger so far, drought continues to ravage most parts of the country. Government Spokesperson Cyrus Oguna yesterday said this was an increase from the 2.1 million people who were starving last September.
