Rwanda: Kenyan Refugees in Food Scarcity

Kimberly Mega Jan 31st 9:28 pm Food Scarcity Current Event

This current event deals with the Kenyan refugees who have fled to Uganda due to lack of food and medicine. There have been at least 5,400 Kenya refugees who have fled from violence in the western parts of their country. With the upsurge of people in need supplies are not enough to cater to everyone. They are in desperate need of security, sanitation, and drugs but the resource centers are running out of supplies due to the high demand of refugees. The centers are supposed to supply each refugee with breakfast, half a kilogram of beans, and a kilogram of maize flour for the next two months but their supplies and close to none. This lack of resources is partly due to the delay of distribution of food from the World Food Programme. There was a disagreement between the UN and local governments over the distribution of relief supplies. The WFP wants to deal with only the country;s central government but it is causing the refugees to not have food on time. Even children aren't getting any nutrition from the Uganda relief aid or the humanitarian services. Unfortunaltelty local authorities aren’t affirming this food scarcity issue. they are saying that other governments have no idea what is happening. And they have already distributed maize flour and beans to all the refugee centers. I find this article really sad because governments never own up when they have made bad decisions. I do realize a government’s job is to make the public believe their people are safe, healthy and thriving. But at what cost are they willing to put on this show? Their people obviously aren't and do not feel safe in their own country. They have fled to other countries to find food and shelter. The government needs to own and try to fix their societal issues.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200801090099.html