Cash aid feeds business surge in northeast Kenya

TURKANA, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When the government of Kenya began giving cash instead of food aid to poor people in Kenya’s drought-stricken North Eastern region, the aim was to help them buy food more efficiently and conveniently.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://reuters.us.feedsportal.com/c/35217/f/654198/s/463064c3/sc/14/mf.gif' border='0'/><br clear='all'/><div class="feedflare">
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