Photo: Wendy Stone/IRINFood has become too expensive for many Kenyans, who send their children to beg (file photo)MARSABIT, 30 August 2011 (IRIN) – Derrick*, 12, has left home and now lives on the dusty streets of northern Kenya’s Marsabit town. His parents – who live in a village several miles away – could no longer afford to feed him, and he spends most days begging for food. “At home we don’t eat every day. When I eat today, tomorrow there is no food and we just sleep after drinking water – that is why I ran away from home,” he told IRIN. “Now I walk into places where people eat and they give me food.” As the drought continues to ravage many parts of Kenya and the cost of living spirals…
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