Assessments

Context After five failed rainy seasons between 2020 and 2022, the Government of Kenya declared a drought emergency in September 2021. As of early 2023, some counties continued to suffer no rainfall. In Kenya, agriculture represents nearly…

KEY MESSAGES • At the time of the endline, the key findings indicated a positive economic impact of the cash assistance among households (HHs). Across all target counties (Baringo, Garissa, Marsabit, and Tana River), the average HH…

KEY MESSAGES Despite the reception of humanitarian assistance, almost all (95%) of the households (HHs) continued to report needing assistance due to the October to December 2023 floods. Most (62%) of the cash transfer was used to…

KEY MESSAGES The food security status of the households (HHs) improved after the intervention. The proportion of HHs with an Acceptable Food Consumption Score (FCS) increased from 38% at the baseline to 56% at the endline. Additionally, the…

KEY MESSAGES The average monthly expenditure (KES 19,542) was found to be higher than the average monthly income (KES 6,963). To cope, households (HHs) had to take debts as a means to access food, healthcare, education and…

KEY MESSAGES • Following 5 failed rainy seasons between 2020-22, rainfall was conversely well above average in 2023, particularly during the short rains when flooding was widespread. In this report, remote sensing analysis has been triangulated with…

Assessment Key Highlights • Samburu and Baringo Counties in Kenya are recovering from the prolonged drought following four consecutive failed rain seasons. There was an improvement in forage and water sources after erratic rainfalls in April and…

BACKGROUND Since the Government of Kenya (GoK) declared a drought emergency in September 2021, the situation has been deteriorating. According to the appeal of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) published…

BACKGROUND In February 2021, KRCS as part of KFSSG undertook a multi-sectoral county food security situation assessment to establish the food security in the country and inform actions to support affected communities indicating that 1.4 million people…

Over the past two years, the drought situation in northeastern Kenya has been deteriorating, resulting in approximately 4.4 million people living in the arid and semi-arid lands of Kenya facing acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3…