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Approximately 28,000 households are facing starvation in Siaya county alone. According to area county commissioner Jim Njoka the county has experienced fifty percent crop failure due to drought. While visiting the region Information, Communications, and Technology Cabinet Secretary, Eliud Owalo assured residents that the government will facilitate a major irrigation programme along the Yala swamp in Siaya to boost food security.
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Pain of drought | 28,000 households in Siaya county facing starvation
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