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The dire drought situation in East Africa from Ethiopia and Somalia to Kenya, where millions of people face hunger and thirst. Shortages of food aid as only $24 million is available in the UN World Food Programme for Kenya when $300 million is needed for the next 6 months. The price of maize, a staple has doubled, and as most of the electricity in Kenya and Ethiopia is from hydroelectric dams the electricity supply has been interrupted lowering growth rates in both countries.

Aid to the poorest and to treat and prevent diseases like tuberculosis and malaria from a tiny foreign exchange tax.

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A tiny tax of 0.005 percent on foreign exchange transactions would help this runaway diseases in poor countries.

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