{ Kenya and Uganda are on a list of 29 African countries facing severe food insecurity. However, unlike other countries, the food insecurity situation in the two East African counties is localised. } <\/p>\n
In other words, it is restricted to specific areas due to various factors including an influx of refugees, a concentration of internally displaced persons, or a combination of crop failure and acute poverty.<\/p>\n
The situation in Kenya, which has about 1.5 million people mainly in north-eastern pastoral areas staring at severe malnutrition and possible death, is worse than that in Uganda. <\/p>\n
The East African <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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