Reports

Poor performance of the short rains in parts of the Southeast is likely to intensify food insecurity Key Messages The poor amount and uneven distribution of the October to December short rains may cause increased food insecurity in…

New overview of internal displacement Conflict and violence are on the rise in Kenya. In 2012 more than 118,000 people are estimated to have been newly displaced as a result of inter-communal and resource-based violence, linked to…

Nairobi, 28 December 2012 - Mary* wept bitterly as she told the JRS social worker about the multiple rapes she had undergone at the hands of her employer's husband and two sons. "I sacrificed my pride…

By HENRY NYARORA Posted Friday, December 28 2012 at 12:23 The government has allocated Sh2.6 million to settle 107 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Nyamira County instead of 138 persons, it emerged on Friday. The news…

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is deeply concerned about the medical consequences following the recent public statements from Kenyan authorities exhorting thousands of Somali refugees in Kenya to leave urban areas and go to remote…

By Thomas Nybo DADAAB, Kenya, 27 December 2012 – Hawa Osman, 13, never attended school until she arrived at what’s described as the world's largest refugee camp, here in northeast Kenya. From Kenya's Dadaab camp, UNICEF correspondent Thomas…

More than 5,000 internally displaced persons in camps will be resettled by end of January as part of the government’s New Year resolution. The Treasury has allocated Sh11 billion to conclude the process of giving homes to…

NAIROBI/KISUMU, 27 December 2012 (IRIN) - The odour of human waste is unbearable at the pit latrine behind Nancy Anyango's house in Manyatta, a sprawling slum in the western city of Kisumu. Nearby, a heap of…

By Thomas Nybo NAIROBI, Kenya, 24 December 2012 – Caroline Adhiambo Mula’s father had died years earlier, and money had always been a problem. The family struggled month to month. When Caroline was 17 years old, her mother…

By Thomas Nybo DADAAB, Kenya, 20 December 2012 – It’s been years since Fatima Suthi has seen rain. The 51-year-old mother of eight lives near the Dadaab refugee camp in northeastern Kenya. Ms. Suthi has been struggling to…