Failed rains over two years, climate change, locust infestation, the Ukraine war and inflation are at the core of food insecurity in both the urban and rural centres of Kenya. The high cost of staple foods has made it difficult for Kenyans to eat their usual three meals a day, and in the arid and semi-arid northern regions many have no food at all.
“It’s partly a production problem, but it’s also an inequality problem. People can’t afford food any more,” says Brian Kitui, Kenya country director for Oxfam.
