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Africa Subsaharan
Kenya seeks help as famine worsens
2005-12-29
The President of Kenya is appealing for international help to prevent more deaths in what is being called the "Christmas famine" in the country's north-east. Mwai Kibaki has visited the country's north-east, where at least 20 people have died of malnutrition and related illnesses this month. Most of the dead are children and aid workers fear that the toll is much higher in remote villages that cannot be accessed. The area is affected by a severe drought and the situation is worsening. The number of people who need food is likely to rise from 1.3 million to 2.5 by February. The Kenyan Government has released $US40 million for new wells. It is asking the international community for another $US100 million.
We were just discussing Kenya last night. Like George Moonbat sez, it's all the fault of the Brits, for mistreating the Mau Maus and for what they did in India 130 years ago. Not that famine is anything to joke about, but neither is it something to trivialize. My guess is that Kenya will receive adequate assistance and that their government will take just as adequate measures to get relief to their people — quite unlike Zim or Somalia or a few other places. The longer-term solution will be infrastructure, to whit, the distribution system, since famine is a localized event. But then we'll hear the Moonbats of the world bitching because the Masai, formerly mighty hunters, will be reduced to going to the grocery store.
Posted by:Fred

#1  I met a girl from Kenya once. Worked for Westfield, Bondi Junction, Sydney, Australia.

Her dad was in the Kenyan government.

She got to fly all round the world. Best education in the best schools. They lived the RICH life.

Wonder about whether the Kenyan govt doesn't siphon off all the cash that SHOULD have gone to building up the country....
Posted by: anon1   2005-12-29 10:29  

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