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State feeds thousands of drought-stricken residents

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Residents queue for relief food at Jilo grounds in Ganze, Kilifi county after prolonged drought left thousands of families in risk of starvation. The National government is set to distribute 105 tonnes of food aid in the county. Photo/NDEGWA GATHUNGU

Kilifi County Commissioner Joseph Keter has announced that the National government is this week scheduled to deliver 105 tonnes of relief food for distribution to the hunger-stricken residents of Kilifi county.

The relief food, which also includes another 350 cartons of cooking oil, will be distributed to all the seven sub-counties, making it one of the major interventions by the National government towards addressing the escalating hunger and famine in the region.

Keter was addressing stakeholders during a consultative meeting to address the effects of drought in the county, at the Coast Development Authority (CDA) hall in Kilifi town yesterday. “This week, each of the seven sub-counties will get 15 tonnes of maize and beans.

The sub-counties will also receive 50 cartons of cooking oil each,” said Keter. Mombasa County agriculture executive Mwalimu Menza said the county was also working on a long-term plan to eradicate hunger and famine in the region.

“We have started a number of irrigation schemes in several parts of the county that farmers will use to water their farms and get good harvests. We have the Mdachi in Jaribuni, Mangudho in Sokoke and four more irrigation schemes in Magarini and Malindi sub-counties,” he said.

He said extensive crop failure occasioned by drought is what caused the current situation adding that many farmers had actual prepared their farms but it never rained.

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