Reports

KEY MESSAGES • Multi-purpose cash assistance (MPCA) contributed to moderate improvements to household food security, with households with an acceptable Food Consumption Score (FCS) increasing by 8 percentage points between baseline and endline. However, moderate hunger and…

KEY MESSAGES • Although average monthly household income increased from KES 5,358 at baseline to KES 7,978 at endline across Dadaab, Kakuma, and Kalobeyei, 94% of households still depended on humanitarian assistance as their main source of…

KEY MESSAGES • Household income and expenditure rose between baseline and endline, with the largest share spent on food and debt repayment for food. Despite these gains, spending remained well below Mandera's Minimum Expenditure Basket (MEB) -…

Mandera County in northern Kenya has been severely affected by prolonged drought, leaving thousands of households struggling to meet their basic needs. In response to this crisis, Acted together with the KCC launched a Multi-Purpose Cash…

Key Messages The 2026 March to May long rains started roughly 10 days early in most pastoral areas and 20-40 days early in the marginal agricultural areas. Cumulative rainfall totals to date have exceeded 150 percent of…

Key findings This brief examines the interconnections of environmental and climate change, conflict, and cross-border movement to Kenya. The findings are based on 1,067 in-person interviews with Somali and Ethiopian refugees and migrants, who have been exposed…

Nairobi, Kenya, 27 March, 2026 — CARE is sounding the alarm as a rapidly escalating flood emergency sweeps across Kenya, compounding an already severe humanitarian crisis in parts of the country. Weeks of relentless heavy rains…

March 18, 2026 - Ottawa, Ontario - Global Affairs Canada The Honourable Randeep Sarai, Secretary of State (International Development), has concluded a visit to Kenya focused on advancing Canada’s development and commercial partnerships, engaging on humanitarian issues…

Nairobi, Kenya, 16 March, 2026 — Across Kenya’s northern and north-eastern counties, the signs of crisis are visible: boreholes running dry, livestock dying in the dust, children growing thinner and weaker, showing the hollow cheeks of…

In January, WFP assisted 1.7 million people with food and nutrition assistance, distributing 8,000 metric tons of food and USD 3 million through cash-based transfers. Food security in Kenya is deteriorating with nearly 3 million people…