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Hunger striken families in Turkana in urgent need of emergency response. [File, Standard]
Special Programmes sector has appealed to Parliament for an additional Sh19.3 billion to bolster emergency relief operations as Kenya faces worsening drought conditions that threaten millions of vulnerable citizens with hunger and humanitarian distress.
Appearing before the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Regional Development on Wednesday chaired by Pokot South MP Peter Lochakapong, Principal Secretary Ismail Maalim Madey warned that the department was struggling to respond to escalating climate-induced disasters due to chronic underfunding despite growing humanitarian demands.
He said the government allocated only Sh162.8 million for emergency food assistance in the 2026/27 financial year, a figure the PS termed grossly inadequate.
