Kenya: Climate Change to Blame for Western Famine

The Star: An NGO, Building Eastern Africa Community Network, says climate change is to blame for famine in Western Kenya. Speaking at a workshop in Kakamega yesterday, the group's coordinator Rebecca Tanui said small scale farmers in the region are not aware of the effects of climate change. "This explains why they continue with their cropping seasons unabated when agriculture is extremely vulnerable to climate change," she said. She said the dangers of gases emitted into the environment cannot be over-emphasised...

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