Meanwhile, WFP is in the process of finalising an emergency operation for the Turkana region, a WFP spokeswoman told IRIN on Thursday. The Kenyan government in December launched an appeal for US $70 million and for food and non-food items to assist people in the Turkana district. Concerning claims of misappropriation of food meant for the organisation’s ongoing school-feeding programmes in the area, the spokeswoman said WFP was taking the reports “very seriously”. “WFP will be investigating the problems further with the ministry of education,” she said. “If there is such a problem, then it means the children are not eating. That means they are not going to school, hence the WFP programme is not working properly.”
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