Humanitarian aid jumps 90 percent as dry spell ravages Kenya’s arid areas

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Women queue for water from an underground reservoir at Turbi Hills in Marsabit. PHOTO | DAVID MUCHUI | NMG

When the government last week warned that the country faces food insecurity as performance of the long rainy season of March-May will be below average, many Kenyans on social media platforms reacted to the news with surprise.

But to humanitarian agencies, it has been months of frantic mobilisation of funds amid worsening food and water conditions, especially in the northern Kenya frontier.

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