LITERATURE REVIEW The concept of food security refers to a situation in which there is access to adequate and nutritionally quality food through socially acceptable means. The concept of food security comprises of four different domains: qualitative, quantitative, psychological and social. The quantitative aspect refers to the lack of adequate food for the households. The situation leads to a person or household having to eat less than what they would prefer to consume (Taylor and Francis, 2015). The qualitative aspect of food security entails access to food of preferred nutritional value depending on the age or health requirements. The Psychological domain of food security denotes the anxiety and worry that people tend to exhibit when the food situation in the country is unpredictable. Its other facet is the concern over the absence of the preferred quality of food (Edward et al., 2013). The social aspect entails the socially approved ways people use to access for their consumption. These could include buying on credit, borrowing or even some socially unacceptable means such as stealing. Several types of researches done on the issue of food security consider it from the mothers’ perspectives. It is in conformity with their traditional roles of engaging in acquisition and management of household food reserves. The tool used in the determination of food security is the U.S Household Food Security Survey Module, HFSSM. The toll was devised in 1997. The model investigates both children and adults with fifteen being the lower age limit and no upper age limit. The model focuses mainly on the quantitative and qualitative aspects, with a small focus on psychological aspects of food security (Taylor and Francis, 2015). It pays no attention to the social domain of food security. A common perception is that parents always take the proactive step of shielding