Reports

Situation Overview. The short rains which started last month, continued to be realized in the entire district during the month. The intensity and distribution was good and covered the entire district. The quality of pasture and browse improved significantly during the…

Situation Overview Short rains continued to be in the entire district during the month. There was adequate water available in the district. Flooding of irrigated zone was experienced, and the total crop area destroyed was 1446 Ha & affected farm families were 15,…

Situation Overview Agro-Pastoral Livelihood zone. (Tseikuru, Ngomeni, Kyuso, Mui, Mumoni, Nuu and Nguni) The first two weeks of the month were characterized by very heavy downpour in this zone. The amount recorded was well distributed and above…

Situation Overview The entire district received heavy-moderate rains through out the month which led to notable improvement in forage development. Most of the seasonal streams now flow with water, implying a reduction in distances to water points for…

Ref: OCHA/GVA 2006/0243 OCHA Situation Report No. 3 Floods - Kenya SITUATION Affected population 1. According to a recent WFP estimate, which is based on information from WFP field offices, over 700,000 people are affected and/or have been cut off by the floods.…

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Jennifer Pagonis - to whom quoted text may be attributed at the press briefing, on 28 November 2006, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Our airlift of emergency…

CAFOD/Caritas response As extreme floods in the coastal regions of Kenya swept away thousands of families' homes this month, a locally based relief organisation has been doing all it can. The Archdiocese of Mombasa is assisting people in Kwale, one of…

Nairobi, 24 November 2006 - Attacks by crocodiles and snakes, disease from over-flowing latrines and hunger are just some of the challenges facing flood victims in parts of Kenya and Somalia following what are reportedly the heaviest rains in…

The flooded Dadaab refugee camps in Kenya, home to nearly 160,000 Somali refugees are now completely cut-off except by air. According to Mohammed Qazilbash, Senior Programme Manager for Emergency & Refugee Operations for CARE International in Kenya, who is based in…

ActionAidhas called on the Kenyan government to declare a state of national emergency to deal with the floods devastating many parts of the country. "The President needs to prioritise this immediately - things are getting out of control," said Joyce…