Reports

Situation Overview Stability Drought stress intensifies across the district, extending to parts of the plateau and lowlands that received continental rains. The lower parts of the lowlands remain more disadvantaged. Forage conditions worsen in dry season grazing areas that were secure and…

SITUATION HIGHLIGHTS The district remained hot and dry throughout. Pasture continued to decline in quality and quantity throughout the district. No harvesting noted in the district.Famers are preparing their farms ready for planting before the onset of the rains. Water scarcity is…

Situation Overview Light coastal showers have been received in the first week of the month and then followed by heavy rains towards the third week. This occurred virtually in all the divisions of the district. The quality and quantity of…

Situation Overview No rainfall was realized in the whole district except the last two days of the month when light showers were experienced and the effect is not known. Failure of the April-May long rains, pasture/browse quality and quantity continuously deteriorated. Currently,…

Situation Overview No rains were received in the entire district during the month under review Pasture quality and quantities continued to deteriorating however, it can sustain livestock the coming month. The main sources of water during the month were major earth pans…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Key Findings 1. Most commonly used substances in Kakuma Refugee Camp (KRC) and the surrounding community (SC) are traditional alcohol brews (Chang'aa, Busaa and Kaada). a. Brewing occurs extensively in KRC (particularly among Sudanese; Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda communities) and in…

Situation Overview Light showers were received during the month in some parts of the District. This recorded a total of 72 mm rainfall according to ALRMP recording station at Chemolingot. As a result of the light showers quality and quantity of…

SITUATION OVERVIEW The month of September has been very dry in most parts of the district. LODWAR Meteorological station recorded a value of 0.2mm indicating how poor rainfall levels were in the month. The rest of the…

Situation Overview Relatively dry and hot weather conditions prevailed across the entire District. Land preparation and dry planting were the predominant agriculture activities therefore activating labor availability and accessibility. Pasture and browse availability and accessibility gradually fluctuated due…

A special report by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) BACKGROUND The Greater Horn of Africa (GHA) has once again been hit by drought. The United Nations (UN) estimates that at least 11 million people across the region in…