Feed Your Kids Dog Food

Christine Drummond, of New Zealand's Mighty Mix company has offered to send a donation of 6,000 emergency packs of dried dog food mixture to hungry children in western Kenya.

When mixed with water, the powder would provide sustainable meals. "I made it out of ingredients they (children) are used to eating, so the main bulk product is corn," Drummond was quoted as saying.

Another representative of Mighty Mix said the food would be distributed through a charity in Kenya, as a "nutritional supplement" rather then dog food, the article said.

But government spokesman Alfred Mutua said it was unacceptable.

"Kenyan kids are not so desperate as to eat dog food," Mutua told Reuters in response to a front-page story in the east African country's leading daily - Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper. "The offer was very naive and culturally insulting given the meaning of dogs in our culture," Mutua said. "We understand where she was coming from, and we appreciate, but it is culturally unacceptable."

Maybe Drummond should look towards naming it something else BEFORE she offers it to a country in peril. Apparently being called a dog is one of the worst insults in Africa and people won't even keep dogs as pets.

The government says four million people are facing hunger in Kenya due to severe drought. Aid agencies say dozens of people and thousands of livestock have died in recent months.

Well at least they still have their pride...

Posted By: Lint | 10:40 AM | Current Events

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