Both have had mixed fortunes with food aid; a taboo topic that few people would like to discuss. That food aid actually damages livelihoods of poor farmers and spoils their future can be told in Kitui County if you look closely. When food aid is flown from Western countries and dumped here, it deters the locals from getting down to farming. The total effect of all these is that food aid drives down local prices, and continues to undermine investment in agriculture. But first, as Mrs Ngilu has done in Kitui, we have to educate the locals on the insult that is food aid.

Source: Daily Nation April 14, 2019 06:50 UTC