At last the government on Friday declared that food crisis a National Disaster though it was long overdue. Stakeholders in food sector had raised red flag over the looming crisis few months ago.
Riftvalley, the country’s food basket, was adversely affected after the post-violence crisis thus failed to meet target. Other productive areas were also affected as a result of inadequate rainfall among other factors.
The reality that the country is in the process of importing foodstuff as the last resort is sad. It is high time the nation changes its eating habit to avert hunger. For instance, majority of Kenyans consider maize as their staple food by default .This simply means that their lives are stake when that commodity is unavailable.
Some communities in Nigeria consume snails and other like creatures while countries such as China and Japan consider reptiles as special delicacies. In other words, there are so many food supplements to put hunger at bay; one just needs to look around.
James Mwangi Kanyi,
Nairobi.
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