Assessments

The 2014 WFP and UNHCR Joint Assessment Mission (JAM) set out to assess the overall service provision including supply of food and non-food items as well as their impact on food security and nutrition status of…

Summary of key findings Food security deteriorating in the pastoral, agro pastoral and marginal agricultural areas following below-average March to May long rains From the 2014 long rains assessment, an estimated 1.5 million people are acutely food insecure…

Functioning and integrated markets are key prerequisites for using a market-based approach for providing food assistance. For cash or voucher transfers to work, people must be able to buy what they need in their local markets and markets…

1. CONTEXT Mandera County is one of the 47 counties in Kenya, located in …

Inter clan conflict situation along the border areas of Wajir and Mandera Counties Background Wajir County is divided into 8 districts namely; Wajir East, Tarbaj, Wajir South, Habaswein, Wajir West, Eldas, Buna and Wajir North districts. There are…

This study represents an initial attempt to assess patterns of displacement related to droughts in selected countries of the Horn of Africa, specifically the border regions of Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia. The analysis is based on a…

INTRODUCTION Following the current skirmishes in Moyale the cabinet of the Marsabit County under leadership of the county Governor initiated the assessment to be done with other humanitarian organisation. The meeting was convened on 13th of December…

CONTEXT Event The forecast from Kenya Meteorological Department, February 2013 long rains seasonal forecast indicated near normal to enhanced rainfall for the central highlands area. Tana River County was predicted to receive near normal with a tendency to…

The Kenya meteorological department predictions indicated that the country was expected to experience enhanced rainfall for the period October-December2012, during the short rains with most parts of Kenya experiencing above normal rainfall while most parts of…

1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 County Background Wajir County is located in the North Eastern region of Kenya and lies between latitudes 3o N 60’N and o 20’ N and Longitudes 39o E and 41o E and covers an area…