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The drought situation has worsened in 19 of the 23 arid and semi-arid counties with the number of people facing starvation hitting 4.1 million in June up from 3.5 million in May. The worst hit county is Turkana, where the livestock are dying in the hundreds and residents are malnourished. As Safi Godana reports the children below the age of 5 and lactating mothers are the most affected with the malnutrition rate now standing at 33 per cent.
| TURKANA HUNGER CRISIS | Thousands of families affected as drought worsens in Turkana
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