Additional Sh12.6 billion allocated for relief food to starving households

Kenya allocates Sh12.6 billion in emergency relief as drought worsens hunger across arid regions.

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The Treasury has allocated an additional Sh12.6 billion towards relief food and rehabilitation of millions of starving families, increasing allocation for special programmes by more than 20 times.

The allocation, contained in the supplementary budget before Parliament, shows the State targets to support 3.4 million households with relief food and 200,000 households with non-food items.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.