Kenya: 60,000 Malindi Residents On the Verge of Starvation

29 August 2012

At least 60, 000 residents in Magarini and Malindi face starvation following poor rains. The National and Drought Management Authority officer-in-charge Roman Shera said the residents need relief food urgently. Speaking to journalists in his office yesterday Shera said crops have dried due to failed rains.

"We conducted a survey for a week with my department and the Kenya Food Security Steering Committee from Nairobi and that is when we realized that such a big number of people are facing hunger," he said. Sheru said the survey revealed that there was a shortage of water in the area.

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