If this is true, we condemn it and we urge that the looting of food aid cease immediately.
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Unfortunately our previous warnings and appeals have received a very limited response from donors. We don't want Kenya to become another Niger, where ... donations only increased when people started dying after months of appeals for contributions to prevent deaths.
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