In a cramped tin-roofed shack in Githogoro slum in Nairobi, Jane Waithera faces the same challenge every morning - finding money to feed her three children.
She does menial jobs - washing clothes, cleaning houses, selling vegetables - but the rising cost of food leaves her struggling to keep her family afloat. "It doesn't matter how hard I work; it's never enough," she says, her eyes reflecting the exhaustion of countless days spent chasing survival. "One day you earn a little, the next day it's gone, and you start all over again." Waithera's situation mirrors that of millions of Kenyans - jobless or earning little, caught in an unrelenting food crisis.
A recent Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) report warns of further food price increases, blaming high production costs, poor policies, unpredictable weather, and a lack of support for farmers.
The report, titled Agriculture Sector Survey November, reveals that many farmers are unable to afford basic inputs such as fertiliser and seeds.
