{"id":2998,"date":"2019-06-09T07:44:51","date_gmt":"2019-06-09T07:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=2998"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:20","slug":"kenya-to-get-sh500m-for-drought-in-arid-areas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/06\/09\/kenya-to-get-sh500m-for-drought-in-arid-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya To Get Sh500m For Drought In Arid Areas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By KEVIN J. KELLEY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United Nations will give\nKenya Sh500 million to respond to persistent drought caused by \u201cclimatic\nshocks\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UN Emergency Relief Coordinator\nMr. Mark Lowcock said the funds would complement the Kenyan government&#8217;s hunger\nsafety-net programme for arid areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Somalia, where the UN has warned\nof a looming famine, will receive Sh3 billion ($30m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ethiopia will get Sh1 billion\n($10m) to help ensure adequate food supplies for a drought-ravaged region\nbordering Somalia. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nation.co.ke\/news\/Kenya-to-get-Sh500m-for-drought-in-arid-areas\/1056-5148418-sr0w6w\/index.html\">Read\nmore\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By KEVIN J. KELLEY The United Nations will give Kenya Sh500 million to respond to persistent drought caused by \u201cclimatic shocks\u201d. UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Mr. Mark Lowcock said the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2998\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}