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The United States development agency USAID on Friday said it would give Kenya $255 million in emergency assistance to tackle severe drought.

Turkana tribe women and children sit as they wait to be served with relief food during an outreach program by Save the Children organisation.Turkana tribe women and children sit as they wait to be served with relief food during an outreach program by Save the Children organisation.on Friday said it would give Kenya $255 million in emergency assistance to tackle severe drought.

The funding commitment comes in addition to the $65 million that USAID had already provided this year, USAID administrator Samantha Power said. The government has so far spent 12.6 billion shillings to help people affected by drought but it has a shortfall of more than 15 billion shillings, said Margaret Kobia, the minister responsible for special programmes.

 

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