Reports

by Anthony Mwangi of the Kenyan Red Cross, in Budalangi "It is a nightmare, I do not understand why we have to face this every year. We are Lake Victoria's flood refugees," complains Emily Ajambo, who lives with her…

Appeal Number: 6473 Appeal Amount: $197,224 Situation Report Many parts of Kenya experienced unexpectedly heavy rainfall in mid-April which continued through the end of May. The rainfall is still continuing in some parts of the country, causing flooding. At least 77 people…

Appeal Target: US$ 1,040,425 Geneva, 10 June 2003 Dear Colleagues, Most parts of Kenya were engulfed in an unexpected heavy rainfall in mid-April which continued to the end of May and in some parts of the country is still…

SUMMARY Potential benefits of rains in April and May are limited by (a) the late onset of the season and (b) severe flooding around the Lake Victoria and Tana River basins. Despite improvements in key livestock production indicators…

Spokesperson: Niurka Piñeiro KENYA - Second Group of Somali Bantu Refugees Travel to the United States - The IOM office in Nairobi is assisting the second group of Somali Bantu refugees who have been accepted for resettlement in the United…

Overview The government has announced an intention to look for external experts to help harness flood waters especially in the Lake Victoria Basin. Holland and China have been suggested as countries which could be approached for expertise owing to their…

World Vision's Marigat Area Development Program (ADP) is seeking resources to enable it to respond to the immediate needs of residents severely affected by recent floods in Marigat and Mukutani Divisions of Baringo District in Kenya. The ADP's disaster response…

by Andrei Neacsu in Western Kenya A camouflage-painted Puma helicopter lands in the courtyard of the main school of Nyando in front of a crowd of excited students and bystanders. As he steps down to be welcomed by the district commissioner…

NAIROBI, 26 May (IRIN) - The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) has temporarily shifted its humanitarian operations for south Sudan to western Kenya after floods damaged part of the road to the Lokichoggio base in northern Kenya. WFP said it…

NAIROBI, 20 May (IRIN) - Floods which have wreaked havoc in Kenya since late April, have destroyed a vital bridge, impeding the delivery of humanitarian supplies to northern Kenya and southern Sudan. According to a report from the office of the…