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 NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The number of Kenyans who will depend on food aid this year may rise well past the current 3.5 million because of the country's prolonged drought, the head of the U.N. food agency said Sunday.
World Food Program Executive Director James Morris said the effects from the drought are not subsiding and it appeared unlikely Kenya would have the rain it needs for a good harvest.
The Kenyan government, the WFP, the U.N. and other aid agencies carried out a study in January that found Kenya's number of food aid-dependent people had risen to 3.5 million, from 2.5 million in December, out of a total population of about 33.8 million.
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