Relief efforts stepped up

The Kenya Red Cross Society plans to assist over 85,500 people affected by drought, in the next few months, through provision of clean water and supporting feeding in schools.

Kenya red Cross secretary general, Abbas Gullet, says that they intend to provide 15 litres of clean water per person every day in the nine most affected districts of Garisa, Mandera, Marsabit, Moyale, East Pokot, Ijara, Lamu, Kwale and Tanariver, where they have already rehabilitated nine boreholes.

Mr. Gullet made these remarks on Tuesday, at the Kenya Red cross headquarters, when he received 30 tons of food aid worth Ksh 3.6 million from GlaxoSmthKline, to be distributed to Northern Kenya.

Lately, there have been great efforts stepped up by the government and UN Agencies to manage hunger especially in Northern Kenya. The Kenya Red Cross estimates that the current drought situation is affecting over 3.5 million people in Kenya, with at least 290,000 children below the age of five years facing different levels of malnutrition.