Samburu county government has purchased 10,000 bags of maize to distribute to starving families.
More than 70,000 locals in the county are facing famine mainly in
Wamba and Baragoi areas.
National Drought Management Authority Samburu coordinator Alex Leseketeti, on Wednesday, said distribution in the most affected area will start immediately
with the help of
World Food Program.
“It was agreed at the County Steering Group meeting that the county government will purchase the relief and WFP would be in charge of distributing it to the worst affected areas,” he said.
He termed the situation in Wamba in Samburu East and Baragoi in Samburu North as being in the ‘late alert stage’ and in need of immediate intervention.
“The body condition of livestock is deteriorating and children under five years are malnourished. However, no disease outbreaks have been reported so far,” Leseketeti said.
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SSamburu county Director for Water and Sanitation Robert Lesuper said that they are also supplying water to the affected people.
“We are supplying them with water too though the system is a bit slow given that most of our vehicles have broken down," he said.
Samburu county governor Moses Lenolkulal had on Monday announced that more than 54,000 people from Samburu North areas of Baragoi, South Horr, Barseloi, Wamba, Suyan, Loonjorin, Ntepes in Opiroi area, Nachola and Samburu East face starvation together with their livestock.
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