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/ 31 October 2005

The face of Kenya’s famine

Frail Musyimi Mbiti lies on a bed that is almost bare, in Mwingi District hospital. His little arms are tied to the bed rail with a dirty piece of cloth as a precautionary measure, failing which he would probably start gnawing on himself. This is the face of a famine that is eating its way through several parts of Kenya.

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