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Increase in food needs, donations still short

    NAIROBI

    The government’s Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission (DPPC) has updated its food needs assessment for the remainder of the year, identifying 6.5 million people in need for November and 4.2 million in December. Based on standard monthly rations, there is a national need for 160,000 mt of relief food for November and December alone, with a shortfall in pledges of around 70,000 mt, the UN Country Team (UNCT) report for October-November stated. Just under one million needy people are reported to be children under five years.

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