Kenya

[Gungnir]

Has anyone ever been to Kenya?

I've heard that they have a big flower growing industry. If you've been how is the climate and vegetation?

 

[mattskramer]

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ke.html

 

[Gunny]

Has anyone ever been to Kenya?

I've heard that they have a big flower growing industry. If you've been how is the climate and vegetation?

I've been there. The children are malnourished and need medicine.

The weather was hot and humid. Don't know about any flower growing. Not on the top of most Marines' lists.

 

[Gungnir]

I feel suddenly emasculated.

 

[Gunny]

I feel suddenly emasculated.

Really. Grow something useful like pot, huh?

 

[Swamp Fox]

I've been there. The children are malnourished and need medicine.

The weather was hot and humid. Don't know about any flower growing. Not on the top of most Marines' lists.

The Marines aren't really known for going to the places people want to be. I think its part of their job description.

 

[Gungnir]

Well I was thinking on prospects for colonization in half a century from now when a lot of Africans should have died off from AIDS and other Malthusian Corrections.

Kenya seems to be one of the more "advanced" African countries so I figured it might have something to do with the climate.

Of course this assumes China doesn't get it first.

 

[ProfessorG2]

Kenyans are beautiful to look at and they have great heart!​

 

[waltky]

Drought a natural disaster in Kenya...

Kenya declares drought a national disaster, seeks help
10 Feb 2017: Kenya declared a national disaster on Friday, calling for aid to counter drought that is posing a major risk to people, livestock and wildlife.

The Kenya Red Cross has estimated around 2.7 million people are in need of food aid after low rainfall in October and November and the next rainy season not due before April.

President Uhuru Kenyatta called for "local and international partners to come in and support the government’s efforts to contain the situation," a statement from his office said. The U.N. World Food Programme said it was short of US$22 million (18 million pounds) for the next six to nine months to provide support such as school meals for 428,000 children who often depend on them as their only substantial meal of the day.

A Kenyan soldier looks at a cow which is dying from hunger, a few hundred meters from the official boundary of the Kenya-Ethiopia border in northwestern Kenya​

The presidency did not set out how much the government needed for the drought, but said it had released 7.3 billion shillings (US$70 million) and local authorities had provided another 2 billion. Out of Kenya's 47 counties, 23 have been deemed to be facing disastrous drought. "The government intends to enhance the interventions including doubling of food rations and cash transfers among other measures," the presidency statement said.

Early this month, residents in drought-struck northern Kenya said at least 11 people were killed and a tourist lodge torched due to conflicts when armed cattle herders flooded onto farms and wildlife reserves. (US$1 = 103.4500 Kenyan shillings)

Kenya declares drought a national disaster, seeks help