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| Archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth |
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 said the Catholic Bishops in Kenya last month during their Ordinary Plenary Assembly unanimously agreed to contribute Kshs 100,000 from each individual Diocese towards alleviating hunger in Turkana County through Caritas Kenya.
Bishop Okoth said that the money received would purchase food stuff to be distributed to the hungry 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 3rdFebruary 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.
SOURCE: KCCB Waumini Communications
