Kenya upset by 'dog food' offer
A Canterbury dog-food manufacturer's plan to send food to starving Kenyan orphans has sparked outrage and offence in the troubled country.
Mount Somers woman Christine Drummond cooked up a plan to send nutritional supplements to drought-stricken parts of Kenya.
Her supplement is based on a formula similar to that used for her Mighty Mix dog food.
The plan, reported in the Press last week, has met with disgust in Kenya, with Government officials branding the proposal unacceptable.
In Kenya and other parts of Africa, dogs are considered unclean, and to call someone a dog is among the highest of insults.
Drummond's plan was widely reported in Kenyan newspapers, including national newspaper the Daily Nation, which quoted Kenyan Government spokesman Alfred Mutua. He said that any food aid must be up to standard.
"Kenyan children are not in such shortage of food to resort to eating dog food," he said.
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Mount Somers woman Christine Drummond cooked up a plan to send nutritional supplements to drought-stricken parts of Kenya.
Her supplement is based on a formula similar to that used for her Mighty Mix dog food.
The plan, reported in the Press last week, has met with disgust in Kenya, with Government officials branding the proposal unacceptable.
In Kenya and other parts of Africa, dogs are considered unclean, and to call someone a dog is among the highest of insults.
Drummond's plan was widely reported in Kenyan newspapers, including national newspaper the Daily Nation, which quoted Kenyan Government spokesman Alfred Mutua. He said that any food aid must be up to standard.
"Kenyan children are not in such shortage of food to resort to eating dog food," he said.
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