John Munyes
John Munyes
John Kiyonga Munyes is a Kenyan politician. He belonged to the Party of National Unity and was elected to represent the Turkana North Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya in the Kenyan parliamentary election, 2007. He is currently the Senator for Turkana county in the Senate of Kenya as elected in the Kenya Senate elections, 2013 and is a member of the FORD-Kenya political party. He also holds the seat of Labour Minister as appointed by President Mwai Kibaki...
areas assistance avoid consider drought movements perspective population regional response therefore
International and regional response to the drought has therefore to consider a regional perspective to avoid large-scale population movements from areas where there is no response to areas where assistance is being provided.
among depleted disposable families food resources vulnerable
Families have depleted most of their disposable resources such as maize and livestock, among others. They are now more vulnerable to food insecurity.
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Malnutrition rates among children are alarmingly high and the areas have already seen large numbers of livestock deaths.
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Although we are still doing some assessments, it appears as though many more people are being affected by this drought than we had imagined.
affected areas assessment covering detailed districts eastern entire found northern parts province regions valley worst
Our detailed assessment found that the worst affected regions are the pastoral areas covering the northern districts of the Rift Valley and Eastern provinces, the entire North Eastern Province and parts of the Coast.