Kenya is set to construct seven dams worth $2.4 billion to increase the availability of water in the country. The National Treasury said that it will seek investors to finance, design, construct, and commission these facilities.
In February this year, President Uhuru Kenyatta flagged emergency relief food for distribution in 23 ASAL counties, which has alleviated the suffering.
With climate change inducing the fourth year of drought and complicated by the COVID pandemic and the war in Ukraine, rural livelihoods have been snuffed out, leaving millions of people on the verge of starvation.