Nafikiri Tundu Lissu, Lema, Maria Sarungi na Shangazi Karume watakuwa wameisoma hii taarifa. Wao nawaona wako mstari wa mbele sana kukazania vitu ambavyo sio vipau mbele vya watanzania. Watanzania walio wenfi wanahitaji huduma za binadam na sii poroja za kisiasa.Ushuhuda huu ndio sababu ya kutokukubali mradi wa katiba mpya. Watu 400, 000 wanakabiliwa na upungufu wa chakula wakati katiba mpya ipo huko Kenya. Ya nini sasa hiyo katiba mpya wakati haileti chakula mezani?
More than 400,000 people at the Coast are in dire need of food, with four out of the region's six counties requiring urgent interventions, authorities have said.
Kilifi, Kwale, Tana River and Lamu are among 23 counties on the national government's red list as drought ravages Kenya's north, east and coast regions.
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More than 400,000 people at the Coast are in dire need of food, with four out of the region's six counties requiring urgent interventions, authorities have said.
Kilifi, Kwale, Tana River and Lamu are among 23 counties on the national government's red list as drought ravages Kenya's north, east and coast regions.
A number of boarding schools in Tana River County have already been closed due to lack of water as humanitarian organisations warn of a dire situation ahead if urgent measures are not taken.
The Cabinet is set to meet tomorrow to discuss measures to help starving Kenyans.
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya said some of the measures the government is considering is buying livestock from pastoralists and cash transfers.
"The government through the National Development Implementation and Communication Cabinet Committee (NDICC) will come up with a plan to cushion livestock keepers. The State will buy livestock from people in drought-stricken areas so that they won't incur losses when the animals die," said Mr Munya.
According to the Kenya Red Cross, Kilifi is leading at the Coast in the number of those facing famine followed by Kwale, Tana River and Lamu.
Succumbed to hunger
"We have more than 145,000 people who are in dire need of water and food in Kilifi and about 130,000 in Kwale while 78,000 people are in Tana River. 21,000 people living in Lamu are facing the same situation," said Coast Kenya Red Cross Coordinator Hassan Musa.
In Kilifi, a woman is said to have died in Ganze Constituency a week ago.
Area MP Teddy Mwambire said the woman succumbed to hunger in Goshi Village on the outskirts of Bamba Ward. He called on both the national and county governments to move with speed and save lives.
In Lamu, at least Sh100 million is urgently required to address the effects of drought, the County Steering Group on Food Security (CSG) has said.
County Commissioner Irungu Macharia said farmers got poor yields after rains failed for the past one year.
Invasion of locusts complicated the situation since the little food grown along river banks was wiped by locust-- leaving locals with empty granaries.
"Water sources have dried up and the little remaining are being shared between people and wildlife," he said.
While unveiling a report prepared by the CSG, Mr Macharia said more than 50 per cent of households in the county are lacking food, with Lamu East being worst-hit.
This year Lamu received 83mm of rainfall, way below the long-term average of 284mm.
Suffering from malnutrition
According to National Drought Management Authority Tana River Coordinator Abdi Musa, at least 2,000 children under five are suffering from malnutrition.
Tana North Sub-county did not witness any of the short rains hence dry water reservoirs, with Kone and Asa areas in Tana Delta bearing the brunt of the drought.
In Tana River, Assa, Wayu, Titila, Idi and Odoganda primary schools have been closed as result of drought as children are forced to embark on long trips in search of water.
"Everywhere is dry. We can go for even three months without water before the county government water bowser responds, and it's always one truck for the school and the residents to share," said Assa Head Teacher Harrison Mwaringa.
Lesson plans have become hard to execute, as teachers are drawn to the hustle for water.
Deputy Head Teacher Cecilia Jilo said despite having food supplies from the government, there is no water to cook the food since the water pans they depended on dried up.
The long and tedious trips in search of water, she said, leave both teachers and pupils fatigued, hence poor performance.
"You can't get any good results with this kind of life. By the time the lessons begin, everyone is tired. We only motivate one another but we need help," she said.
Urgent intervention
The deputy head teacher revealed that the disruption by the drought has exposed girls to defilement and early marriages.
She noted that the many who have dropped out of school are unlikely to return and will certainly end up married to elderly men in the community as their families seek to survive the hard economic times.
Critical services at different dispensaries in the county, such as maternity, have also been suspended due to lack of water.
Ms Halima Ishmael, a Tana Delta resident, told the Nation that taking baths has been banned in her home, with the little water available reserved for cooking and drinking.
Tana Delta Deputy County Commissioner William Nasongo confirmed that the situation is dire as he appealed for urgent intervention.
"Whatever I have seen these people go through is sad, but I am hopeful that government will respond very soon," he said.
Mr Nasongo urged residents to share the little resources available in peace.
Source: Kenya: 400,000 Face Starvation At the Coast
Sasa unajisifia nini hapa, Kubarikiwa na rasilmali ya ardhi?
Kenya imeshinda Tz kwa vitu vingi sana, kwahivyo ikija kwa jambo hili la kiangazi usijifanye eti mna akili au bidii kutushinda, Trust me, Kama Tz mngekua hali ile Kenya iko, mngeangamia wengi sana.... Shida za ukame tuachie sisi ambao hukumbwa na hili janga....
Hata kabla ufike hapo kwa irrigation, Unajua ni kiasi gani cha mashamba ambapo kunaweza kufanywa argiculture (Arable Land) bila kutumia technolojia yoyote ya teraforming/conversion?
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Tanzania iko na arable hactares 13.5m ya arable land, Wakati Kenya iko na 5.8 Million.
Sasa unajua Kenya iko na maji masafi kiasi gani ukilinganisha na TZ?
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Maji safi tunayoyatumia Kenya ni mengi kuliko maji safi yanayopatikana Kenya, Hii inaonyesha jinsi vile Kenya hakuna maji in the first place!
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Sasa unakuja hapa kujisifu na vitu ambavyo vinapatikana naturally Tanzania eti huo ndo werevu wa mtanzania, nkt wewe mwenyewe unafaa ujiulize inakuwaje Tz nchi yenye amani zaidi, maji zaidi, chakula zaidi, mbuga zaidi, madini zaidi, ukubwa wa ardhi zaidi, ma milioni ya watu wengi zaidi, geographical location nzuri zaidi (Kwa ku connect nchi tofauti duniani) ... na mengine mengi zaidi lakini licha ya hizo advantages zote bado mnashindwa na Kenya ukanda huu, Kenya ambayo sifa yake kuu ni watu wenyewe! Kama si uzembe wa hali ya juu huu tutauita nini?
Mwanzo wajua ata kuna watu wengine haya maeneo si maskini, ni kiangazi tu ndo kinawakosea, unakuta mtu ana ng'ombe zaidi ya 100, mbuzi kama 500, Ngamia 70.... Huyo si mtu maskini kabisa.... lakini ndani ya miezi mitatu hadi sita anapoteza kila kitu kiasi cha kufikia kulala njaa!
Sasa wewe hapa umeongea nini? tena unajiona umetumia akili sana eh? Kwani UAE wanashindwa kunua chakula na uchumi wao huo wote?Suala la ukame sio excuse,
Ni matokeo ya small minded kenyans and their leaders ambao hawajui wanataka nini kwenye maisha,
vikichangiwa na sera na siasa mbovu za kikenya zilizofanya ardhi yote kumilikiwa na wazungu na wanasiasa wanalima maua na miraa.
Ziko nchi 100% jangwa na zinatoa misaada ya vyakula kenya
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Kajiado?Na bado wanauana huko Kajiado mchana kweupee.
Mnanipotezea mda tu, Hapa Watz hamna hoja yoyote ya maana, mnaongelea vitu ambavyo havijawahi kuwatokea, Labda wale wamasaai wa pale karibu na mpaka wa Kenya ndo wanawaza kuwasaidia kuwaelez hali hua inaenda vipi...\Hamuwezi kudrill visima mkanywesha hiyo mifugo maji?
Mmeenda shule kufanya nini sasa?
Sasa wewe hapa umeongea nini? tena unajiona umetumia akili sana eh? Kwani UAE wanashindwa kunua chakula na uchumi wao huo wote?
Ambia UAE watupatie hio oil yao wabaki bila alafu uone kama tutashindwa na ukame
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Mnanipotezea mda tu, Hapa Watz hamna hoja yoyote ya maana, mnaongelea vitu ambavyo havijawahi kuwatokea, Labda wale wamasaai wa pale karibu na mpaka wa Kenya ndo wanawaza kuwasaidia kuwaelez hali hua inaenda vipi...\
Tests on a vast aquifer found in Kenya’s drought-wracked Turkana region show the water is too salty to drink, a government official said on Friday.
The 2013 discovery of underground lakes the size of the U.S. state of Delaware, according to satellite imagery, was hailed as a chance for the arid northern region to finally feed its people.
At the time of the discovery, Kenya’s water minister said the “newly found wealth of water opens the door to a more prosperous future for the people of Turkana and the nation as a whole”.
But the first test results from Lotikipi, the largest aquifer which is close to Kenya’s border with South Sudan, have been disappointing.
“The water is not fit for human consumption,” said Japheth Mutai, chief executive officer of the government-owned Rift Valley Water Services Board, which is responsible for providing water in the region.
The underground water would have to be desalinated -- an expensive and energy intensive process -- before it could be used for human consumption, livestock or irrigation, Mutai said.
The test well, drilled 350 meters underground, showed salt levels seven times higher than the safe limit allowed by the World Health Organization (WHO), he said.
“The numbers don’t look good,” Mutai told Thomson Reuters Foundation on Friday. “It is causing a lot of anxiety.”
More than a third of Kenya’s 41 million people have no access to clean water.
The country’s north is particularly poor as droughts regularly decimate livestock which traditional nomadic herders depend on for survival.
Currently one in four people in Turkana -- 135,500 people --require food assistance due to repeated poor rains and conflict, the World Food Programme’s spokeswoman Challiss McDonough said. Malnutrition rates are above the emergency level of 15 percent.
A stable water supply from the 250 billion cubic meters of water thought to be in Turkana’s underground lakes could help mitigate these recurring hunger crises.
The government is “still holding out hope” that other wells in Lotikipi will find cleaner water, Mutai said, and more drilling is underway.
First test shows Kenya's huge water find too salty to drink
Tests on a vast aquifer found in Kenya's drought-wracked Turkana region show the water is too salty to drink, a government official said on Friday.www.reuters.com
Alafu kuna visima vingi sana zaidi ya 10,000 vimechimbwa haya maeneo, baada ya miezi kadhaa visima hivyo hukauka.....
Ndio wanachojua nyumbuUsalama wa chakula kwa ustawi wa wananchi siyo suala la kikatiba??
Wewe unafikiri katiba ni tume ya uchaguzi, mihula miwili ya miaka 5 kila mmoja etc, yaani siasa tuuu!!!???
Mnanipotezea mda tu, Hapa Watz hamna hoja yoyote ya maana, mnaongelea vitu ambavyo havijawahi kuwatokea, Labda wale wamasaai wa pale karibu na mpaka wa Kenya ndo wanawaza kuwasaidia kuwaelez hali hua inaenda vipi...\
Tests on a vast aquifer found in Kenya’s drought-wracked Turkana region show the water is too salty to drink, a government official said on Friday.
The 2013 discovery of underground lakes the size of the U.S. state of Delaware, according to satellite imagery, was hailed as a chance for the arid northern region to finally feed its people.
At the time of the discovery, Kenya’s water minister said the “newly found wealth of water opens the door to a more prosperous future for the people of Turkana and the nation as a whole”.
But the first test results from Lotikipi, the largest aquifer which is close to Kenya’s border with South Sudan, have been disappointing.
“The water is not fit for human consumption,” said Japheth Mutai, chief executive officer of the government-owned Rift Valley Water Services Board, which is responsible for providing water in the region.
The underground water would have to be desalinated -- an expensive and energy intensive process -- before it could be used for human consumption, livestock or irrigation, Mutai said.
The test well, drilled 350 meters underground, showed salt levels seven times higher than the safe limit allowed by the World Health Organization (WHO), he said.
“The numbers don’t look good,” Mutai told Thomson Reuters Foundation on Friday. “It is causing a lot of anxiety.”
More than a third of Kenya’s 41 million people have no access to clean water.
The country’s north is particularly poor as droughts regularly decimate livestock which traditional nomadic herders depend on for survival.
Currently one in four people in Turkana -- 135,500 people --require food assistance due to repeated poor rains and conflict, the World Food Programme’s spokeswoman Challiss McDonough said. Malnutrition rates are above the emergency level of 15 percent.
A stable water supply from the 250 billion cubic meters of water thought to be in Turkana’s underground lakes could help mitigate these recurring hunger crises.
The government is “still holding out hope” that other wells in Lotikipi will find cleaner water, Mutai said, and more drilling is underway.
First test shows Kenya's huge water find too salty to drink
Tests on a vast aquifer found in Kenya's drought-wracked Turkana region show the water is too salty to drink, a government official said on Friday.www.reuters.com
Alafu kuna visima vingi sana zaidi ya 10,000 vimechimbwa haya maeneo, baada ya miezi kadhaa visima hivyo hukauka.....
Nchi za uarabuni zipi hizo, Hizo ambazo zinanunua chakula kupitia hela za oil??
Wapi, Ule ukame wa kufanana na pale Masai mara si ukame, 70% ya Kenya inafana hivyo...FYI,
Dodoma, Singida, Tabora, Shinyanga, kote huko ni kukame sana.
Kajiado.Kajiado?
Wapi, Ule ukame wa kufanana na pale Masai mara si ukame, 70% ya Kenya inafana hivyo...
This is Chalbi, Kenya.. Nionyeshe eneo TZ ambalo liko hivi
You tell me, why it's happening seems you know Kenya more than meIf so then why this is happening in your country ?View attachment 1936456
katika karne hii kuna jirani mpumbavu bado raia wake wanakufa na njaa haahahahhahahahhahahahahhahhaUshuhuda huu ndio sababu ya kutokukubali mradi wa katiba mpya. Watu 400, 000 wanakabiliwa na upungufu wa chakula wakati katiba mpya ipo huko Kenya. Ya nini sasa hiyo katiba mpya wakati haileti chakula mezani?
More than 400,000 people at the Coast are in dire need of food, with four out of the region's six counties requiring urgent interventions, authorities have said.
Kilifi, Kwale, Tana River and Lamu are among 23 counties on the national government's red list as drought ravages Kenya's north, east and coast regions.
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More than 400,000 people at the Coast are in dire need of food, with four out of the region's six counties requiring urgent interventions, authorities have said.
Kilifi, Kwale, Tana River and Lamu are among 23 counties on the national government's red list as drought ravages Kenya's north, east and coast regions.
A number of boarding schools in Tana River County have already been closed due to lack of water as humanitarian organisations warn of a dire situation ahead if urgent measures are not taken.
The Cabinet is set to meet tomorrow to discuss measures to help starving Kenyans.
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya said some of the measures the government is considering is buying livestock from pastoralists and cash transfers.
"The government through the National Development Implementation and Communication Cabinet Committee (NDICC) will come up with a plan to cushion livestock keepers. The State will buy livestock from people in drought-stricken areas so that they won't incur losses when the animals die," said Mr Munya.
According to the Kenya Red Cross, Kilifi is leading at the Coast in the number of those facing famine followed by Kwale, Tana River and Lamu.
Succumbed to hunger
"We have more than 145,000 people who are in dire need of water and food in Kilifi and about 130,000 in Kwale while 78,000 people are in Tana River. 21,000 people living in Lamu are facing the same situation," said Coast Kenya Red Cross Coordinator Hassan Musa.
In Kilifi, a woman is said to have died in Ganze Constituency a week ago.
Area MP Teddy Mwambire said the woman succumbed to hunger in Goshi Village on the outskirts of Bamba Ward. He called on both the national and county governments to move with speed and save lives.
In Lamu, at least Sh100 million is urgently required to address the effects of drought, the County Steering Group on Food Security (CSG) has said.
County Commissioner Irungu Macharia said farmers got poor yields after rains failed for the past one year.
Invasion of locusts complicated the situation since the little food grown along river banks was wiped by locust-- leaving locals with empty granaries.
"Water sources have dried up and the little remaining are being shared between people and wildlife," he said.
While unveiling a report prepared by the CSG, Mr Macharia said more than 50 per cent of households in the county are lacking food, with Lamu East being worst-hit.
This year Lamu received 83mm of rainfall, way below the long-term average of 284mm.
Suffering from malnutrition
According to National Drought Management Authority Tana River Coordinator Abdi Musa, at least 2,000 children under five are suffering from malnutrition.
Tana North Sub-county did not witness any of the short rains hence dry water reservoirs, with Kone and Asa areas in Tana Delta bearing the brunt of the drought.
In Tana River, Assa, Wayu, Titila, Idi and Odoganda primary schools have been closed as result of drought as children are forced to embark on long trips in search of water.
"Everywhere is dry. We can go for even three months without water before the county government water bowser responds, and it's always one truck for the school and the residents to share," said Assa Head Teacher Harrison Mwaringa.
Lesson plans have become hard to execute, as teachers are drawn to the hustle for water.
Deputy Head Teacher Cecilia Jilo said despite having food supplies from the government, there is no water to cook the food since the water pans they depended on dried up.
The long and tedious trips in search of water, she said, leave both teachers and pupils fatigued, hence poor performance.
"You can't get any good results with this kind of life. By the time the lessons begin, everyone is tired. We only motivate one another but we need help," she said.
Urgent intervention
The deputy head teacher revealed that the disruption by the drought has exposed girls to defilement and early marriages.
She noted that the many who have dropped out of school are unlikely to return and will certainly end up married to elderly men in the community as their families seek to survive the hard economic times.
Critical services at different dispensaries in the county, such as maternity, have also been suspended due to lack of water.
Ms Halima Ishmael, a Tana Delta resident, told the Nation that taking baths has been banned in her home, with the little water available reserved for cooking and drinking.
Tana Delta Deputy County Commissioner William Nasongo confirmed that the situation is dire as he appealed for urgent intervention.
"Whatever I have seen these people go through is sad, but I am hopeful that government will respond very soon," he said.
Mr Nasongo urged residents to share the little resources available in peace.
Source: Kenya: 400,000 Face Starvation At the Coast
usiwe bwege kama mkenya, kenya unaingia na kutoka kama unavyotaka, halafu mapumbavu haya yanatarajia yawe na amani hahahhhaPesa za corona wamepeleka wapi mpaka wafe njaa...
Alafu lock down siyo nzuri...
Tatizo majirani ni binadamu wabishi sana...
wakenya mngeweza kuimport mngeanza kulialia na kuomba msaada?Egypt ndo the biggest importer wa chakula Africa kama ulikua hujui....... Tofauti na Kenya ni kwamba wao wako na Oil na uwezzo mwengine wa kiuchumi, Ukulima unategemewa na watu wachache sana.... Kwahivyo rudi ujipange vizuri manake hauna hoja hapa