Catholic Bishops in Kenya last month
during their Ordinary Plenary Assembly unanimously agreed to contribute Ksh.
100,000 from each individual Diocese towards alleviating hunger in Turkana
County through Caritas Kenya.In an exclusive interview with
Waumini Communications Limited at the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops
(KCCB) General Secretariat, Archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth, who is also the Chairman
of the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission confirmed that all the twenty five
Dioceses in Kenya would each contribute the amount in order to purchase food
stuff to be distributed to the h
ungry and the refugees from South Sudan in
Turkana.The Most Rev. Zacchaeus Okoth however called on the Government to find
a way of utilizing the discovered large volume of water in Turkana that
geologists say can feed Kenya for 70 year to eradicate poverty in the region.
Archbishop Okoth said the water can be used for irrigation which can make Turkana
the bread basket of Kenya.
His Excellency
Charles Daniel Balvo, the Popes representative to Kenya on 3rd
February 2014, extended a cheque of one million shillings to the Bishop of
Lodwar, Rt. Rev. Dominic Kimengich, towards general food distribution to
households and school feeding program. Meanwhile, the National Director for
Caritas Kenya, Mr. Stephen Kituku, said the Directorate is mobilizing other
Caritas organizations in Kenya to assess the drought situation in Kenya and
plan the way forward on how to respond to the situation mainly to mitigate
effects of drought and plan for emergency response.
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