Drought, Hunger and Danger of....
January 18 2017 By Abiodun Giwa

Kenya is in the forefront of ensuring that Kenyans don't suffer hunger, as recently manifest in President Uhuru Kenyatta's instruction to County governments about the need to help starving Kenyans, when briefed about drought in the country.
But despite efforts to ensure that hunger does not take the center stage and the starving are helped, the country will not open its doors to uncontrolled importation of poultry without assurance that such poultry will not endanger Kenyans lives.
According to the Kenya Daily Nation, the Kenyan government has banned poultry products from Uganda, because of the outbreak of avian flu in Uganda. The report says, "Kenya has been on a high health alert after the deadly viral disease was detected in dead birds in Uganda last weekend."
According to the report, the Ugandan government has activated its emergency plan for epidemics control, after confirming one strain of the disease — one of three types that affect humans, animals and birds, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
But despite efforts to ensure that hunger does not take the center stage and the starving are helped, the country will not open its doors to uncontrolled importation of poultry without assurance that such poultry will not endanger Kenyans lives.
According to the Kenya Daily Nation, the Kenyan government has banned poultry products from Uganda, because of the outbreak of avian flu in Uganda. The report says, "Kenya has been on a high health alert after the deadly viral disease was detected in dead birds in Uganda last weekend."
According to the report, the Ugandan government has activated its emergency plan for epidemics control, after confirming one strain of the disease — one of three types that affect humans, animals and birds, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).