Kenya to Get U.S. Food
United Press International
NAIROBI, Kenya —
The United States and Kenya signed a $28.5-million food aid agreement Thursday for 120,000 metric tons of corn--the largest food aid grant ever given by Washington to an East African country, a U.S. Embassy statement said. The objective is to deliver 22 pounds of free food a month to each of 1.5 million Kenyans in areas struck hardest by drought and famine.
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