President Mwai Kibaki chairs a past Cabinet meeting at State House, Nairobi. Photo/FILE
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Food will be bought from areas with surplus for distribution to those without and for building strategic food reserves.
This was one of the measures outlined by President Kibaki on Wednesday to bail out drought-hit citizens and their livestock. Farmers in the North-Rift have surplus maize.
The directive came as the Kenya Food Security Technical Working Group warned in a report of food shortage especially in pastoral areas.
An improvement will only occur in April at the onset of the long rains but can only last until June.
A statement from the Presidential Press Service said: “President Kibaki asked ministries to institute practical measures that will immediately alleviate the suffering of wananchi (citizens) in drought-stricken areas.”
Source: Daily Nation