About 65,000 residents of Mwala Sub-county are in urgent need of food aid, owing to the biting drought ravaging parts of the country.

The worst hit areas are Muthetheni, Mbiuni, Kathama, Kyawango, Ikalaasa, Kibauni, Yathui, Vulya and Wamunyu.

The revelations were made during the sub county steering group committee chaired by the Deputy County Commissioner David Tegutwa (pictured) in his boardroom.

The drought has been occasioned by poor rainfall in successive seasons leading to decreased yields and crop failure in some regions.

According to the Sub-county Agricultural Officer Bernard Yumbya the area received an average rainfall of 214mm in the March-July rains leading to low crop production.