Reports

By Evelyne Karanja NAIROBI, 31 May 2017 – Members of parliament from the six-nation East African Community have vowed to step up a drive to implement the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction in their region. The pledge…

Below-average long rains bring about short-lived improvements Near Term: February - May 2017 Medium Term: June - September 2017 Key Messages Despite enhanced rainfall in mid-May, which caused flooding in some isolated areas, the March – May long rains have…

(Nairobi) – Authorities in Kenya have committed a range of abuses against journalists reporting on sensitive issues, threatening freedom of expression ahead of elections slated for August 8, 2017, Human Rights Watch and ARTICLE 19 Eastern…

Earlier this month, a 4×4 vehicle loaded with scales, a height measure, upper arm circumference tapes and food supplies departed from a hospital. Its destination was a Doctors of the World outreach clinic in Isiolo county,…

KEY MESSAGES In early May, long rains arrived in parts of Kenya after a 2-month delay, as long rains usually begin in March. Heavy rainfall caused flooding in some areas of the country. The food security needs…

NAIROBI – On his first visit to Kenya since taking office, the Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), David Beasley, visited schoolchildren in a Nairobi primary school who receive daily lunches through WFP’s school…

Emergency Appeal start date:19 April 2017 covered by this update: 19 April to 12 May 2017 The Regional Food Crisis in Africa Emergency Appeal (EA) seeks CHF 3,877,335 to enable the International Federation of Red Cross and Red…

Address Past Electoral Offenses, Other Rights Abuses (Nairobi, May 25, 2017) – Kenyan authorities should ensure a level playing field, free from abuse for voters and candidates, in the elections scheduled for August 8, 2017, Human Rights…

The last native speaker of the Elmolo language reportedly died sometime in the 1970s. By then, only a few hundred Elmolo remained, eking out a living on Kenya’s southern waters of Lake Turkana as they always…

Highlights Six per cent of the 42,017 children screened during the reporting period were identified as severely malnourished and over 29.4 per cent as moderately malnourished, in Turkana, Marsabit, Wajir, Isiolo, Kilifi and Laikipia counties. From January to…