Nairobi, 18 March-(ANA)-The United Nations food agency will give food aid to more than double the number of people it is currently helping in Kenya.
The World Food Programme (WFP) will now feed 3.5 million people hit by drought and high food prices.
Many families are struggling to find food for one meal a day, it said.
The Kenyan government declared a national disaster in January following the failure of the short rains in south-eastern and coastal areas.
Falling remittances from abroad, due to the global financial crisis, have compounded the crisis, the WFP said.
"Kenyans already struggling with drought and high food prices are now being hit by the financial crisis," said Burkard Oberle, WFP Kenya country director. (ANA)
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