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| Africa: Subsaharan |
| Kenya Declares Food Shortage Emergency |
| 2004-07-15 |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #7 You forgot the last part, Formerly Dan. Increased prostitution makes AIDS rampant. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-07-15 10:55:47 PM |
| #6 The foreign NGOs announce that the famine is worsening. yeah, but they got all them child prostitutes...surprised the UN's not coordinating this |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-07-15 12:50:41 PM |
| #5 And the spiral starts: Food aid comes into the country. Free food is being handed out to the city people by well-meaning foreigners. Market prices for basic food commodities collapse. Farmers realize that they can't make their investment back off of this crop because of the competition from free food. Farmers abandon their farms and move to the city to find work. There is no work in the city for a man only skilled in farming. The male children steal and the female children become prostitutes for the well-meaning foreigners. The farmer and his family join the mobs seeking free food. The foreign NGOs announce that the famine is worsening. |
| Posted by: Formerly Dan 2004-07-15 12:44:12 PM |
| #4 ed ...Right you are: President Mwai Kibaki |
| Posted by: Dragon Fly 2004-07-15 9:28:10 AM |
| #3 President Mwai Kibaki does not seem to have a food shortage. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-07-15 9:25:31 AM |
| #2 Resurgence in corruption? Why, was it on vacation? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-07-15 9:11:14 AM |
| #1 Kibaki's call for help came one day after Britain's ambassador suggested international aid could be cut off because of a resurgence in corruption in the East African nation. Says everything that needs to be said about this. |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-07-15 1:33:20 AM |