| Updated Thu, January 19th 2017 at 00:00 GMT +3Agriculture CS Willy Bett. (Photo: Beverlyne Musili/Standard)President Uhuru Kenyatta was Wednesday briefed on the drought situation and mitigation measures that have been put in place. On Tuesday, Agriculture CS Willy Bett also reassured Kenyans that the Government was on top of the matter, with 21 million bags of maize available to feed the country for five months. "The Government has come up with a good frame work to collaborate with other international partners to contain the situation," said Rotich. The CS said the National Government will realign its budget to address the situation and urged county governments to also come up with mitigation measures.

Source: Standard Digital January 18, 2017 18:40 UTC