Kiambu families stare at starvation as drought bites

More than 2,000 families in Kikuyu, Kiambu County are in dire need of relief food as a result of the ongoing drought in the country.

The families in Nachu village have been receiving relief food from the County Government of Kiambu for the last three months, but due to the prolonged drought, and the delay of the much awaited rains, the county has restructured its resources distribution to cater for the growing population leading to a smaller ration to the affected families.

Kiambu County Chief of Staff, Samuel Oduol, speaking on Monday, March 13 during an event to give the families relief food, said that the county government has the mandate to distribute food to all hunger-stricken families in the county, but currently they are overwhelmed.

“The Ministry of Agriculture is doing a research to come up with new farming methods, which will help our people to produce agricultural yields throughout the year without depending on rainfall,” said Oduol.

Written by Majanga Michael