(Kenya) Kibaki Declares Famine a National Disaster

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http://allafrica.com/stories/200407140893.html

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President Kibaki yesterday formally declared the drought ravaging the country a national disaster - and spelt out the grim future facing the starving over the next six months.

Now almost 3.3 million citizens, including 1.5 million schoolchildren, are suffering from a severe food shortage and need emergency aid, he said.

And the disaster will be even worse if the short rains fail in October and November.

Then up to 4.3 million people including 1.5 million children will need food aid for another six months, President Kibaki said.
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1. Kenya appeals for aid as 3.3 million face starvation

AP , NAIROBI, KENYA

Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki addresses diplomats at Nairobi State House on Wednesday. Kibaki declared a state of national disaster as a severe drought hit large parts of the country, saying some 3.3 million Kenyans are facing severe food shortages.
PHOTO: AP (This guy hasn't missed any meals!)
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/photo/2004/07/16/2003139606

President Mwai Kibaki declared a national disaster in drought-stricken parts of Kenya, calling for nearly US$100 million in emergency aid from abroad to feed some 3.3 million Kenyans facing food shortages.

Widespread crop failures from the Rift Valley in central Kenya to the Indian Ocean coast mean the country will need an estimated 156,000 tonnes of food aid in the next six months, Kibaki told diplomats and reporters on Wednesday.

Large swaths of Kenya periodically experience droughts, and the country last faced a severe food shortage after below average rainfall during 2000 and 2001.

Kibaki said Kenya will need about US$76 million in food aid from abroad to get through the latest drought.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/07/16/2003179184

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2. $76 million FOR FOOD

100 billion for war. Americans: you choose.