Kenya is not poor; resource misuse and plunder are blame for our woes

Guyo Dido and his grandmother Qabale Roba eat ugali with oleifera leaves from the moringa tree in Marsabit as drought ravages the region. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Across the country, a silent crisis is tightening its grip on ordinary citizens. More than 3.3 million Kenyans are facing hunger, not because the land has failed, but because leadership has. Parents are skipping meals so their children can eat. Families are surviving on one meal a day. In some homes, hunger has become routine, an expected part of life.