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The Kenya Metrological Department is warninng of a failed rain season in October-December 2022, which will in effect make the drought situation worse. Already 4.35 million people are in dire need of food, a number that is likely to rise in the coming months. With the drought situation taking the form of a vicious annual cycle, Weather and Drought experts are calling for an overhaul of the drought response mechanisms. According to the Kenya Redcross Emergency Preparedness and Response Manager Venant Ndinghila, the current emergency interventions are no longer economically sustainable.
10 counties in drought red zone
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