Reports

A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster On Saturday 22 November, 2014 at approximately 05.45am, a bus travelling from Mandera Town, North East Kenya to Nairobi was attacked at Ledhi, in the Arabia area, 30km from Mandera Town,…

on Tuesday, 30 June 2015 On Friday June 26th 2015 at the Sarova Stanley Hotel the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) with support from the International Federation of the Red Cross teamed up with Airtel Kenya and…

Kenya has made significant strides in improving its education system in recent years. Since primary education was made free and compulsory in 2003, primary school enrolment rates have increased across most of the country, however, progress…

From 10th to 12th June 2015, the SUN Movement Secretariat partnered with UNICEF and the SUN Business Network for a three day workshop in Nairobi, Kenya, on Strengthening Effective Engagement to Scale Up Nutrition in Action.…

Highlights As at 25 June 2015, Kakuma had received 46,235 asylum seekers from South Sudan. As at 21 June 184,527 refugees and asylum seekers had been registered by UNHCR and DRA, with South Sudanese refugees making up…

It’s a busy Monday morning in the market town of Luanda, near Lake Victoria in Kenya, and shoppers are crowding around the many stalls selling tomatoes, onions and other vegetables. Over at the fish stall, however,…

Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification Biophysical Indicators Most bio-physical indicators were within normal ranges The vegetation condition index VCI-3month was 38.54 compared to the normal of 50. The SPI was calculated at 0.53 compared to a normal of -…

By Charles Gaudry, Head of Mission for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Kenya 23 June 2015 This opinion piece was originally published in the Daily Nation, Kenya, on June 19th 2015. It is almost 25 years since the first people…

By Edith Honan KAKUMA, Kenya, June 20 (Reuters) - Kakuma camp in northern Kenya is expanding by nearly a half, the U.N. refugee agency said on Saturday, to house refugees fleeing nearby South Sudan as hopes fade…

Bill Morton ​Climate change impacts are strongly evident in Kenya’s arid and semi-arid lands, which cover 82% of the country’s total land area and host close to 70% of its livestock. Over the last 10 years, persistent…