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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Thousands of prisoners skipped lunch Sunday to send food to fellow Kenyans affected by food shortages, a senior prison official said.
Most of Kenya's estimated 50,000 prisoners gave up their ration of beans and corn porridge on the day President Mwai Kibaki declared the food shortages caused by drought a national disaster in an effort to speed up relief efforts, officials said.
"In the next six months, up to 2.5 million of our people will be in need of famine relief. This represents close to 10 percent of the country's population," Kibaki said during New Year's celebrations.
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