Four dead and 372 infected as cholera hits refugee camps in northern Kenya

STORY: Four dead and 372 infected as cholera hits refugee camps in northern Kenya DATELINE: Nov. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:03 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of a hospital in Garrissa County 2. various of patients being treated under a tent 3. SOUNDBITE (English): AHMED OMAR, Health chief executive of Garissa County STORYLINE: Kenya is grappling with the rising cases of Cholera that has so far spread to 6 counties leading to 15 fatalities across the country. In Garissa County in northern Kenya, locals have been asked to maintain high levels of hygiene in a bid to combat cholera outbreak that has so far led to the death of four people. According to Garissa County Health chief executive Ahmed Omar, the first case was reported on October 23 at Hagadera refugee camp in Dadaab Sub County and spread out to host communities and other sub counties. Speaking during an emergency meeting with officials and NGOs today in Garissa, Omar said that while the outbreak started in the refugee camps, c

Kenya to map out areas in dire need of food aid

STORY: Kenya to map out areas in dire need of food aid DATELINE: Oct. 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting 2. various of food aid trucks 3. various of people suffering from starvation STORYLINE: The Kenyan government has called for a review of areas perennially affected by drought cycles in the country. Kenyan Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua made the remarks at a meeting with development partners, calling for urgent measures to be focused within sub-counties and wards levels across the country. According to the United Nations, currently, over 4.3 million Kenyans are faced with starvation, a figure that will soon hit five million. Kenya is among the Horn of African countries grappling with a prolonged dry spell that has escalated hunger, malnutrition and loss of livelihoods among subsistence farmers and herders. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nairobi. (XHTV)