The critical failure in Kenya’s system of drought management is its slow response. A national drought contingency fund should be established to ensure timely, appropriate, and adequate intervention aimed at mitigating the impact of drought-related crises. Recurrent drought may be an inevitable fact of life in Kenya, but the human suffering it causes is not.

Authors

Huser, Cathy

Kirkbride, Mary

Publication date

16 May 2006

ISBN

9781848144934

Publisher

Oxfam International

Series

Oxfam Briefing Papers

Type

Policy paper

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