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1.6 million Kenyans facing drought to receive relief food, says Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru

Some 1.6 million Kenyans are acutely food-insecure and will need immediate assistance over the next six months, the Government has said.

Devolution Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru said the hardest hit are areas that experienced extremely poor rainfall particularly in the pastoral zones of the north and north eastern counties – Mandera, Garissa, Isiolo, Wajir and parts of Tana River County.

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