The government has launched a food relief programme in Wajir County targeting victims of the El Nino rains.
Secretary to the Cabinet Mercy Wanjau led the event along with Principal Secretary for Cabinet Affairs Dr Idris Dokota and Government Spokesperson Dr Isaac Mwaura.
A total of eleven trucks loaded with bags of beans, maize and rice were flagged off at the NCPB in Wajir Town for distribution to various areas within the county.
Wanjau sympathised with the flood victims and said the government was closely monitoring the situation.
“I want to assure you that we're together in this and we're praying for you. We have brought food, medicine, and 2,000 cartons of assorted medicine that have been donated by KDF,” Ms Wanjau said.
She assured residents that the main issues raised as concerns, including roads and the national grid, would be communicated to the Cabinet.
"The infrastructure has degraded and we know the disruption when roads are damaged and we have heard your request for these roads to be fast-tracked."
On the request by Wajir County Commissioner Waruku J. Ngumo and Deputy Governor Ahmed Muhumed for the government to open the border with Somalia, Ms Wanjau said she would communicate to the President as it would save the economy and end the smuggling of goods from Somalia and Ethiopia.
Later, the government officials travelled to the Lafaley area in Tarbaj Constituency where they distributed the food aid.
At the daily briefing on El Nino, Mwaura said the rains have reduced in Wajir and other areas in the North.
"More than 80 schools were affected by floods here in Wajir and the government is repairing them before the schools reopen in January," Mwaura said.
More than 11,000 households were affected by the floods in Wajir and seven people lost their lives.
He said that the food aid will continue streaming to various areas that were largely affected following the Sh150 million donation from the US government.
Further, the government has championed girl child education and asked Wajir residents to avoid early marriage for young girls to allow them to study and achieve their goals.
In the article that was published by one of the international media regarding the high taxes imposed by Kenya Kwanza administration, the Spokesperson said the media missed the true representation of the situation.
“I want to remind the media house that the first visitor from the United Kingdom to come to Kenya was the King. If Kenya didn't have a positive reputation in the world, I don't think the Kinga and the Queen would have chosen Kenya.”
He has asked the media to retract the article and find the reality in terms of economic growth, job creation, and general stability.
“We want to tell the media house that as the government they should retract the misleading article. We value freedom of the press but they should also balance by reporting the truth of the matter.”
