Kenya: Food crisis prompts diet changes

Lunch time at a school in Nairobi's Mathare slums: Many Kenyans are facing food insecurity following sharp food prices, drought and post-election violence in January and February. (Image: Julius Mwelu/IRIN)

"There has been a sharp increase in food prices, especially of the staple, maize," WFP information officer, Gabrielle Menezes, told IRIN.

A two-kilogramme packet of maize flour, currently retailing at Ksh80 (US $1.3), cost just Ksh50 earlier this year.

"The situation in the arid districts of Turkana and Mandera [northern Kenya] has especially deteriorated, with pastoralists migrating to neighbouring countries in search of pasture," said Menezes.

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