By Issa Hussein
Garissa Governor Ali Korane today said his administration will scale up the ongoing response against the biting drought in the county.
He said the county government has already rolled out several intervention programs including water trucking at the sub-county level.
He said the national government is also expected to come in to avert starvation in the ravaging drought.
Speaking at separate Nikkah ceremonies for Hon Mohamud Omar who is the township MCA and Deiman Aden at Lantern hotel and Issack Mohamed Korane and Furaha Jubat Kalil at the residence of the CEC for Trade and Tourism Hon Adow Jubat, the Governor urged religious leaders to engage more on prayers to end the drought.
“No amount of human intervention can help end the looming drought; we need more spiritual intervention to seek the mercy of the Almighty Allah,” said the Governor.
The Governor also warned members of the public against ignoring the protocols laid by the government in the war against Covid-19 Pandemic.
He said many people lost their lives recently due to the upsurge of the pandemic within Garissa County.
Deputy Governor H. E. Abdi Dagane also reiterated the need to observe the protocols against the pandemic.
Governor Korane and his deputy Dagane attend together wedding Ceremony/ Photo GPS
The DG attributed what he termed as ” a don’t care attitude” to the local community resulting in the increasing cases of the disease.
He also urged youths to diversify the marriage to build cohesion among communities in the various sub-counties.