Drought ravaging East Africa bankrupts farmers, empties schools

Bloated livestock carcasses and sun-bleached bones litter the parched landscape around Garissa in eastern Kenya, the epicenter of a humanitarian and environmental crisis that’s unfolding across the Horn of Africa. Moneyweb Africa drought

Bloated livestock carcasses and sun-bleached bones litter the parched landscape around Garissa in eastern Kenya, the epicenter of a humanitarian and environmental crisis that’s unfolding across the Horn of Africa. School attendance has plummeted and children as young as six are sent to get water, rolling yellow plastic drums for miles to collection points. Children push plastic water containers in search of water on the road leading out of Garissa, eastern Kenya, on May 20.

This month, Kenya waived import duty on 540 000 tons of corn to address what Treasury Secretary Ukur Yutani described as an impending crisis, and President Uhuru Kenyatta increased the minimum wage by 12% to cushion workers against rising prices of grain, cooking oil and other staples.

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