Kenya Faces Severe Food Crisis as Prolonged Drought Leaves 3.3 Million at Risk of Hunger

Kenya is facing a severe food security crisis as an intense, prolonged dry spell ravages its primary agricultural regions and arid counties. A failure of recent rainy seasons, combined with a severe one-month dry spell in the country's multi-billion shilling grain basket, has left over 3.3 million citizens at risk of acute hunger. The agricultural sector is currently struggling against a convergence of harsh weather, high operational inflation, and supply chain disruptions.