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{One person was seriously injured on Sunday evening after a group of youth smashed Gem MP Jakoyo Midiwo’s car while heading to a rally.}

The MP told Nation.co.ke that he was not hurt.

Mr Midiwo was going to address a rally over the controversial allocation of part of Yala swamp to an Indian investor by the county government to grow cotton.

He claimed the youth were mobilised by Governor Cornel Rasanga to disrupt his meeting.

“The allocation of 6,000 acres of land at Yala swamp was irregular. There was no public hearing. I am defending my people,” said Mr Midiwo after the attack.

Mr Midiwo and Governor Rasanga have been embroiled in a war of words concerning the lease of the vast Yala swamp to private investors.

The MP last week threatened to sue the county government for introducing an Indian investor, Godavari Enterprises Limited, to the swamp without following due procedure.

Mr Midiwo insisted that the county administration violated the law when it allocated 6,000 acres of land to the investors without seeking approval of stakeholders and the locals living around the swamp.

However, the county defended the decision saying it involved all stakeholders in the lease.

The county director of Agriculture, Mr Jacktone Nyandiko, said they had agreed with locals to form groups in order to benefit from the partnership.

“We have been promised a direct market for our cotton and rice in India,” said Mr Nyandiko.

Mr Midiwo was in the company of Rarieda MP Nicholas Gumbo and businessman William Oduol when they were confronted at Nyadorera market.

The leaders had earlier attended a fundraiser at St Peter’s Cathedral in Siaya town where they advocated for county dialogue and ensure equal distribution of county resources.

{{ {Death toll now 16

170 hospitalised,

2,000 houses damaged

PM visits affected areas

Grief tears, pain and nagging fear engulfed this Lake Victoria- side municipality yesterday as thousands of residents thronged the Kaitaba Stadium to pay last respects to their fallen relatives. While the sickening memory of Saturday’s 5.7 Richter scale magnitude earthquake still hangs around, the death toll as of yesterday was 16.} }}

Official reports from the region indicated that apart from the deaths, 170 people still remained at the hospital beds fighting for their lives while 83 others were treated and discharged.

Though the actual cost of damages was yet to be established as we went to press yesterday evening, initial official reports indicated that about 840 residential houses crumpled while 1,264 developed cracks.

The Prime Minister, Mr Kassim Majaliwa, yesterday addressed of the deceased, the injured and hundreds of Bukoba residents at the stadium. He assured the tremor’s victims who lost their properties, including residential houses, that the government will ensure that they get the necessary assistance to enable them continue to lead a decent life. “Dear fellow Tanzanians; we gather here in grief following this tragic accident, which cost lives of 16 Tanzanians and many more injured.

We must remain united and together during this period. On behalf of President John Magufuli, I pray for those who died in the accident and also wish a speedy recovery for those who got injured.

I also appeal to all wananchi to assist those in need of shelter and food,” he said. Witnesses who talked to the ‘Daily News’ hinted that a number of those who lost lives in the horrifying natural catastrophe incident found themselves under the debris of fallen buildings. Some of them, according to James Kamugisha, a taxi driver operating in Bukoba Business District, were pinned to the ground by fallen rubble.

“They shouted for help, however, everyone around was busy with his or her own life,” he said. The deceased were identified as Nickson Everson (34) from Hamugembe Ward, in Bukoba Municipality, Paskazia William (81), Jonas Muyombo (36) from Hamugembe Ward, Monica Jonathan (56), Alicia Alex (32), Lucia Alex (12) both from Hamugembe Ward, Saada Abdallah (26) and her baby (2), from Kyaka in Misenyi District.

Others are Revelina Respicius (14) from Kanyigo Ward, in Misenyi District, Eirene Kato (10), Aneth Augustine (6) from Rwome area in Bukoba Municipality, Anna Josephat (63) from Kanyigo in Misenyi District, Nelson Olestus (3), Areus Msabaha (9) from Bugandika, in Misenyi District and John Zacharia (35) from Minziro Ward in Misenyi District. Narrating the ordeal, Ms Happiness Apolinary, who is nursing her wounds at the Kagera Regional Hospital, said while in her bedroom, she heard the house trembling and before she had jumped outside the wall collapsed on her.

Despite serious injuries she sustained on her back and on the head, she thanked the hospital’s staff for doing all within their ability to save her life alongside other victims. Ms Advela Respicius, who lost her son narrated that it was such a big loss, that she will never forget. Ms Respicius said in her entire life, Saturday’s incident was the first ever devastating event she experienced.

The seemingly depressed mother, however, thanked the government for stepping in and covering some of the funeral-related costs. Mr Majaliwa also visited and consoled some of the injured people who were admitted to the Kagera Regional Referral hospital.

An expert from the Geological Survey of Tanzania, Mr Gabriel Mbogoni, told the ‘Daily News’ on Saturday that the Saturday afternoon tremor was the most intensive earthquake ever experienced in the country before.

According to Mr Mbogoni, this was the second earthquake to hit Tanzania in recent years, recalling the last one, which was reported in Bariadi District in Simiyu Region (then part of Shinyanga Region) in 2000. He said normally, the earthquake never hits once.

He predicted the possibility of hitting again the very same area after a couple of days – scientifically known as aftershocks. Responding on whether the institution released an alert on the happening, Mr Mbogoni said normally it is impossible for authorities to issue an early warning.

He observed that even developed countries have failed to do so. l Meanwhile, MARC NKWAME reports from Arusha that in the wake of the major tremor that rocked the Lake Zone over the weekend, two institutions of higher learning both in Tanzania and the United Kingdom are preparing to start monitoring future tremors through strategically placed measuring gadgets.

The Arusha-based Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology in conjunction with the University of Glasgow in Scotland will soon embark on a special project to plant seismic sensors in sensitive areas of the country to monitor future tremors.

But while that was revealed by the NM-AIST Vice Chancellor, Professor Burton Mwamila, during the recently held, Nelson Mandela Week of Innovations in Arusha, the actual progress towards the tremor monitoring project, which should have started around this time, is yet to be revealed.

“Give us time; maybe in two or three days, so that we can come up with an official update on the issue,” stated the Nelson Mandela University’s Spokesperson, Mr Karimu Meshack, when speaking to the ‘Daily News’ over the weekend. Now to avert future natural disastrous surprises, the Arusha based Nelson Mandela Institute of Science and Technology plans to start monitoring such land activities in future.

NM-AIST will achieve the goal reportedly through planting seismic sensors across the nation, especially around specific land features such as active volcanoes and mountains where tremors usually originate.

{The Democratic Republic of Congo’s border with Zambia, the main export route for the country’s copper, re-opened this morning after a 24-hour shutdown prompted by clashes between residents and security forces.}

“Trucks have started to cross the border again this morning,” Eric Monga, a
spokesman for the Chamber of Mines in the southeastern Haut Katanga
province, said by phone on Saturday.

The border was closed all day Friday after riots in the Congolese border
town of Kasumbalesa left at least three dead. The violence, in which
vehicles and government buildings were burned, started after a money
changer was killed by criminals late Thursday, according to government
spokesman Lambert Mende. Local residents clashed with security forces,
protesting what they said was “a failure of the police to protect the
population,” Mende said by phone from the capital, Kinshasa, on Friday.

Congo is Africa’s biggest copper producer and the world’s largest source of
cobalt, almost all of which is exported via the Kasumbalesa border post.
The Central African nation produced 489,207 metric tons of copper and
29,152 tons of cobalt in the first six months of this year.

{IT WAS a cold, grey Monday morning in Paris, France in 1999. Being in charge of a presidential visit is a logistical nightmare but this one was easy. No escorts, no bells, no whistles. A low-key visit to address a meeting of the international socialist movement.}

Our VIP was a very relaxed and no-nonsense person. When at 7am we booked then deputy president Jacob Zuma into his hotel just off the Champs-Elysées, his entourage informed us that his suitcase was misplaced and he had a very important presentation to make at nine that morning, and that without a suit.

In the cold Parisian morning breeze I volunteered and set off on the Champs-Elysées to find a tailor. At first Zuma was fine with the idea that he would be able to explain his relaxed attire to the gathering of renowned international socialists. Zuma came across as a sort of decent fellow, not asking the impossible from those around him.

After covering the length of the Champs-Elysées I found a tailor and brought him to the hotel. A suit was adjusted for Zuma on the spot. Zuma was friendly and very easygoing. He expressed a deep, humble appreciation for the effort we made to find him a suit in those early hours in Paris.

I later met him again during negotiations between the Hutus and Tutsis in Bujumbura, Burundi, when he was facilitating direct contact between them. Mandela was getting old and Zuma was instructed to assist him. I remember once briefing him in Kigali on the position of President Paul Kagame and he listened patiently like a true elder. Some in his entourage were convinced that these qualities of patience, humbleness and an open consultative approach made him a perfect candidate to be the next Mandela.

When we finished the briefing in Kigali we waited patiently to hear what Zuma had to say. After a moment of silence he threw back his head in a sort of contemplative manner and sighed: “Oh Africa, my Africa”. This act was a clear indication of his disillusionment at the time with his African counterparts who entertained themselves with petty politics. I was impressed and I liked him. I defended him on many occasions as I came to know him in those days, as a down-to-earth, humble person, a likeable fellow.

Returning recently to SA after years abroad and seeing how things have developed I am concerned about the man I met many years ago. What happened to the elder, the sage, the potential wise leader of a nation? Is it possible that a man who was so gifted in leading discussions for hours between the Hutus and Tutsis, and got them to reach common ground in Burundi, would eventually fail so dismally at governing a nation? What happened to that man? I think we need to dig deeper and try to understand the flaws that come with democracy. Democracy is not a magic bullet, and certainly it not the answer to the problems in many African countries and cultures. In itself democracy is dependent on a culture that questions things. We can safely assume that in some cultures questioning things is just not a priority. We have to accept that we are all different. Democracy becomes a system and not an individual.

When I first arrived in Bujumbura, Burundi, where I eventually lived for five years, I was picked up at the airport by an acquaintance of the South African Embassy in Kigali. We did not get far before the traffic came to a complete stop. There we sat, and the man in the middle of the road had an AK-47, so there was no sense in getting upset. Asking my new driver what the hold-up was I was told that the president was travelling to the airport. My next impatient question as a South African was naturally “Why would you allow this?” The answer, spoken with resignation as if it was a very silly question, was: “He is the President….” How does this happen? I have seen so often in African countries how the leader initially starts out as a father of the nation and is eventually reduced to the head of a clan. It always starts with good intentions, but somewhere along the road they lose direction and leadership. Apart from Mandela, the only exception I came across was Paul Kagame of Rwanda. Like Mandela, he is a leader of a nation and not a clan. The interests of his people override those of even his closest confidants.

What does this mean for those who are baying for Zuma’s head? Does it matter if the Republicans or the Democrats win in the US? Democracy creates a system, and it is that system that takes over, whether you are in the US or Africa, with a small difference.

In Africa, presidents tend to be surrounded by people who want something. I think back to a time in Bujumbura where I had to brief Zuma on talks I had been engaged in with the Hutu rebels, in which we tried to get them to Arusha to negotiate. The hallway in front of his humble suite was abuzz with security detachments, protocol people and private secretaries, all screening Zuma from the outside world. Once inside it was dead quiet, and Zuma was eating dinner alone. It dawned on me that he was not the master and commander — the people outside were dictating his fate.

It made me realise that even if a leader falls, the system remains. A new chief will take that quiet spot in the suite. For now the masses want Zuma’s blood, and they will get it. But what then? The people outside will not go away. It will take very strong leadership to turn things around. And if we do not get that, will we demand that more heads roll?

[How did the gifted Jacob Zuma in Burundi fail so dismally at governing SA?->http://www.bdlive.co.za/opinion/2016/09/10/how-did-the-gifted-jacob-zuma-in-burundi-fail-so-dismally-at-governing-sa]

{The diplomat, born on January 28, 1960, collapsed and died aboard a plane last week in Johannesburg, South Africa.}

To members of the diplomatic fraternity, Ambassador Gilbert Najuna Njuneki was an open-minded, hardworking and principled man.

During his burial on Friday at his ancestral home in Nyakahandagazi, Mitooma District relatives and friends celebrated his life rather than grief to honour his stellar family record and career.

The diplomat, born on January 28, 1960, collapsed and died aboard a plane last week in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Since he had no sign of sickness, many versions of his demise had been given but a postmortem report was released on Thursday indicted he had died of a heart attack.

Dr Eddie Mworozi, a consultant physician, said the results of the autopsy conducted in South Africa “confirmed that Njuneki had died of natural causes and mainly a heart attack”.
However, Dr Mworozi, a physician and close friend to the 56-year-old, said previous medical history had indicated Njuneki was healthy.

At the burial ceremony on Friday, Dr Mworozi said: “I knew Njuneki was well and in good health until when I got news that he had died on a flight. Forensic pathologists examined his body and found that he had succumbed to cardiac arrest,” he said
He eulogised Njuneki as a disciplinarian from whom he would seek advice and permission to do some things.

Official assignment
Mr Gibson Nsiimire, Njuneki’s young brother, said the ambassador was on official duty in Europe and was on his way back to Kampala via South Africa.

Njuneki, according to Nsiimire, had told his family he would be with them on September 4, 2016 at 2.30pm.
“Unfortunately on transit at Johannesburg Airport, he developed complications on the plane and collapsed,” Mr Nsiimire told mourners on Friday

“God killed Njuneki”, Mr Nsiimire said, warning that no one should speculate on the cause of his death.

Njuneki, Mr Nsiimire said, exhibited wonderful love for family and friends.

Lay Canon Jane Bareiregye Njuneki, the mother of the deceased, told mourners that her son had always promised to do well for the family and he lived to the promise.

Ms Jayne Atieno Odhiambo, who fondly referred to Njuneki as “my sweet heart”, said her husband was a God-fearing man who brought salvation to friends, his family and people around him.

His children, Georgina and Alex Njuneki praised their father for the love he clothed them with during his time with them on earth.

In his speech, delivered by State Minister of Defence, Bright Rwamirama, President Museveni praised Njuneki as a straight forward, open-minded and hardworking man, who served Uganda diligently.

“I specifically appointed him as the ambassador special duties to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in July 2012,” said President Musevni, adding that at the time of his death, Njuneki was spearheading the commercial diplomacy initiative.

Vice President Edward Sekandi also praised Njuneki, in the speech read for him by Ms Jovah Kamateeka, the Mitooma District Woman MP.

“He was a source of inspiration to the delegation he had gone with for official duties. His team work should be emulated,” he said.

In the whole, Njuneki was eulogised as a man of integrity, a generous, honest and principled officer who gave his life to Jesus Christ at the age of 16.

Njuneki becomes the second high-ranking Uganda government official to die on a flight, following the death of then Internal Affairs minister Aronda Nyakairima aboard an Emirates plane while returning from South Korea.

Njuneki was born in Nyakahandagazi, Ruhinda in the current Mitooma District to Gerisomu Njuneki and Jane Bareiregye.

He attended Ruhinda Primary School, before proceeding to Ntare School for both his Ordinary and Advanced level education.

Njuneki obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration from Makerere University Business School and a Master of Business Administration from the Anglo American University College London.

He worked in various organisations, including Christian Reformed World Relief Committee.

At the time of his death, Njuneki had worked for the Foreign Affairs ministry for more than four years as ambassador in charge of commercial diplomacy projects and programmes.

He also worked as the officer in-charge of diaspora community and coordinated the Ugandan aspect of the regional Northern Corridor Infrastructure projects.

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Amb Gilbert Najuna Njuneki

Age. 56

Background. Njuneki was born in Nyakahandagazi, Ruhinda in current Mitooma District to Gerisomu Njuneki and Jane Bareiregye Njuneki.

Education. He attended Ruhinda Primary School and Ntare School for both his Ordinary and Advanced education level. He obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration from Makerere University Business School and a Master of Business Administration from Anglo American University College London.

Work experience. He worked at the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee, before moving to the Foreign Affairs Ministry where he worked in various capacities including ambassador in charge of commercial diplomacy projects and programme, and the officer in-charge of diaspora community. He also coordinated the Ugandan aspect of the regional Northern Corridor Infrastructure projects.

{Arsonists stormed the home of Nyakach MP Aduma Owuor Saturday night and torched his vehicle and a store.}

Kisumu County police boss Joseph Keitany said they had launched investigations into the mid-night incident.

“They burnt the MPs Pajero [car] and we are yet to confirm the reasons behind the attack,” Mr Keitany said.

The police boss said they were investigating whether the incident could have been a revenge attack following last week’s suicide of Nyabondo Primary School headteacher George Omondi.

Mr Omondi is said to have left a suicide note allegedly linking the MP and other officials to his frustrations leading to his death.

{{ {192 suffer injuries

Mwanza hit by same tremor

AT least 11 people were confirmed dead and more than 192 injured yesterday following an earthquake that hit Kagera and Mwanza regions.} }}

Kagera Regional Police Commander (RPC), Mr Augustine Ollomi, confirmed the reports.

The earthquake measured at a magnitude of 5.7 on the Richter scale.

Meanwhile, President John Magufuli has sent condolences to Kagera Regional Commissioner (RC), Retired Major General Salum Mustafa Kijuu, following the death of the residents who died from the impact of the earthquake today in the re- gion.

In a statement issued by the Presidential Directorate of Communication, the president expressed deep sorrow over the tragedy, which claimed peo- ple’s lives and left behind a number of others who were injured.

The tremor also caused serious damage to property. The president further said that he was joining the families of the deceased, friends and relatives and pray for those who died to rest in peace.

“Through you the RC of Kagera and RCs of re- gions next to yours, which were hit by the quake, I extend my condolences to families, relatives and friends of the deceased and pray to Almighty God to bestow on them patience and perseverance in this difficult time,” said Dr Magufuli.

The president also prayed for those who were injured to regain their health through speedy recovery.

An expert from the Geological Survey of Tanzania, Mr Gabriel Mbogoni, confirmed the occurrence of the earthquake, saying it was of the most intensive ever experienced in the country before.

According to Mr Mbogoni, this was the second earthquake to hit Tanzania in recent years, recalling the last one which was reported in Bariadi District in Simiyu Region (then part of Shinyanga Region) in 2000.

He said normally the earthquake never hits once. He predicted the possibility of hitting again the very same area after a couple of days scientifically known as aftershocks.

Responding on whether the institution released an alert on the scenario, Mr Mbogoni said normally it is impossible for the authorities to issue an early warning. He added that even the developed countries have failed to do so.

The residents in the two affected regions were filled with tension after they were hit by the earthquake. According to information obtained from Kagera and Mwanza regions, the earthquake caused deaths and destruction of property including the collapse of homes and warehouses.

Speaking to the ‘Sunday News’, Kagera Regional Commissioner (RC), retired Major General Salum Mustafa Kijuu, said the earthquake left four people dead in the region. He said two of the deceased were men and the remaining two were children. “So far we have not managed to identify their names, we will give more details later,” he said.

The RC added that the earthquake has also led to the destruction of many properties including collapse of houses and warehouses in various areas of the region.

“The Tanganyika Instant Coffee Company Limited (Tanica)’s warehouse collapsed and one of the people who died during the incident was working with Tanica,” he said.

According to the RC, many people have been injured and that until yesterday evening, the regional hospital was busy receiving victims from different parts of the region. He said Bukoba Municipal Council was among the most affected areas in the region.

The RC said his office was continuing to collect information from various sources and that it will give a full report today. “We are continuing to collect information from different areas in the region before conducting damage evaluation.

We will inform the public on the situation later,” he noted. Sources from Misenyi District told the ‘Sunday News’ that many houses collapsed after they were hit by the earthquake.

Mr Jones Mugisha, a resident of Kashasha village said: “We thank God the earthquake has occurred in the daylight and most of the villagers managed to flee from houses otherwise it would have caused many deaths,” he said.

MEDDY MULISA reports from Muhutwe in Muleba District that the earthquake occurred at around 3:00 pm. He said many houses collapsed and others have developed cracks in the walls. The residents in Muhutwe said the incident had never happened before in their areas.

The earthquake also hit some areas in neighbouring Uganda.

{In what looks like a vote- of- no-confidence in his government’s poor service delivery infrastructure, President Museveni has revealed that in his fifth term which he has described as Kisanja Hakuna Mchezo, meaning term of no-games, he will deliver his pledges personally to the people. The president made this revelation on Friday evening in Katanga while delivering car-machines and a dummy cheque of Shs100 million to Mulago Car Washers’ SACCO. Mr Museveni, who previously complained about “the rats” in his government, also blamed the people who simply watch as corrupt leaders eat their money.}

“I have always pledged support but whenever I release money for my pledge, I am always let down by the NRM secretariat and the leaders you elect because they don’t deliver what I gave them. This is partly the reason why people are still suffering.” Mr Museveni said.

“Uganda is a big country and that’s why at times I delegate because I can’t reach everywhere. However, since I have been betrayed, I will start delivering the pledges personally.”

The President also complained that previously he has established many anti-poverty schemes like Entandikwa to empower people’s household incomes but all these have since collapsed because the leaders defy his directives.

To hold leaders accountable, the President said that people should ask about new government programmes, which he said would help them get out of poverty. Recently, the president told Katwe residents, in Kampala where he contributed Shs300m to a SACCO, that he would be dispensing funds directly to the grassroots to improve service delivery. He has since established five- wananchi funds and a special desk in State House to help him coordinate the anti-poverty programmes.

The president who also visited a SACCO in Nsambya, a Kampala suburb, promised to probe the wrangles in Wandegeya market, which he said, are caused by a racket of thieves, who are even leaders.

Meanwhile Kampala minister, Ms Beti Olive Kamya complained to the president that people are concerned about government employees who drive posh cars and have millions of money yet they don’t deliver services.

“Mr President, it’s a public outcry about the luxurious lifestyles some government employees live in and they actually accuse you for paying such people a lot of money but since you have decided to deliver the pledges yourself, then this will add much value,” she said.

The chairperson of the SACCO, Mr Henry Ssegujja, asked the president to buy for them a permanent land, where they could build a washing bay to avoid pressure from landlords and train the jobless youth.

{{To alleviate SADC, EAC food {shortages}}}

{Tanzania is set to export rice and maize in thirteen Southern African Development Community (SADC) and East African Community (EAC) member states currently hit by acute food shortages. The government said yesterday that it is now finalising fresh cereal export procedures to be released next week.}

Export of traditional rice and maize was scrapped by the government in 2014 to allow thorough assessment of Tanzania’s rice and maize production outlook.

Presenting a government statement in the ongoing National Assembly here, the Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Dr Charles Tizeba, said that the state of food production in the country between 2015/16 and 2016/17 indicated that supply had surpassed demand by 23 per cent.

A combined production outlook for 2016/17 shows that there will be 16,172,841 tonnes of grains out of which 9,457,108 tonnes will be cereals and 6,715,733 tonnes will be non-cereals.

“For the country to be food secure, we need 13.12 million tonnes of which 8.2 million will consist of cereals and 4.8 million tonnes will be non-cereals,” the minister told the National Assembly. This means Tanzania will have 3.02 million tonnes of excess produce.

The minister explained that the government had secured funds from Poland to finance the capacity of the National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) to a tune of 55 million US dollars. He added that the agency will only be able to reserve 496,000 tonnes of the total production.

“Currently, the agency has capacity to reserve 246,000 tonnes. NFRA has now distributed 27.8bn/- to buy 100,000 tonnes of grains during the financial year 2016/17,” he said. He added that due to excess production the agency has requested for an addition of 69.5bn/- to buy an extra 100,000 tonnes. If the agency buys the 200,000 tonnes, it will have tripled its capacity from last year’s 67,506 tonnes.

The minister, however, explained that the decision by the government to okay the sale of grains outside the country will be effectively monitored to ensure food safety back home.

Kenya, in the East African Community (EAC) and Zambia in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have banned exports of cereals owing to acute food shortages in their countries Thirteen more countries in the regions are facing food shortages, according to the minister.

The agriculture minister, however, pointed out that 69 councils in the country recorded poor food production during the 2015/16 season. Dr Tizeba seized the opportunity to poke holes in the current system used to issue permits for grain exports, saying it contained a cocktail of irregularities.

He highlighted some as including failure to impose restrictions on the volume to be exported by a trader.

“Some companies were allowed to export up to 350,000 tonnes. This is much greater than the national reserve capacity.” “We’re now finalising plans to establish a cereal and other produce regulatory authority. The body will be empowered to regulate all matters related to grain production, exports and imports,” he said.

Meanwhile, the government said it is conducting a comprehensive food and nutrition security vulnerability assessment to identify the actual volume of food demands in the country.

The assessment planned for October, this year, will be conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries in collaboration with international organisations; Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), World Food Programme (WFP) and United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF).