Because the supply is
difficult to meet demand, Kenya plans to import corn from Tanzania. An officer
of Kenya Agriculture Ministry expressed that: Compared with 3 million bags of
corn demand every month, the national reserve is only 2.5 million bags of corn.
The UN office for the coordination of humanitarian expressed that: Because of
the drought due to El Nino phenomenon, about 50 million people in the Southeast
Africa face a serious food shortage.