14 million Kenyans undernourished as food crisis soars
Hunger-ravaged elderly women at a river bed at Kamusuk, Tiaty East after walking for a long distance in search of wild fruits locally known as sorich, which the locals have resorted to for survival.
According to the report, whose data was collected between 2019 and 2021, about 14.4 million Kenyans are undernourished.
The number of people affected by hunger globally rose to about 828 million in 2021, an increase of 46 million since 2020 and 150 million since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.
The daily cost and affordability of a healthy diet in Kenya have grown by Sh14 per person from 2017 to 2020.
Kenya is one of the 63 countries in the world with the highest number of undernourished people, the “State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World” report says.
According to the report, whose data was collected between 2019 and 2021, about 14.4 million Kenyans are undernourished.
