Some 38,294 vulnerable households in Mandera county are staring at starvation as drought continues to take a toll on residents. This was revealed on Saturday by area governor Ali Roba when he officially launched the relief food distribution for drought response across all six constituencies. Roba said that the households are in urgent need of food assistance. This was broken down by constituencies as follows: Mandera South 5,256, Lafey 2,830, Mandera East 5,337, Mandera West 4,086, Mandera North 4,921, Banisa 5,101 and Kutulo2,520. Other vulnerable households include all registered orphanages, persons living with HIV, non-locals, destitute and other special groups at 8,343.

Source: The Star February 20, 2021 11:03 UTC