Reports

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Background of Project A Drought situation had occurred across the country following poor performance of the 2003 short rains and 2004 long rains resulting in food and water shortages in 26 districts. Assessments by UNICEF and other stakeholders…

Poor October - December Rains Threaten Pastoral and Agropastoral Areas in Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti and Ethiopia The food security situation among the pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in the GHA remains precarious following the delayed onset of the…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 24 November (IRIN) - Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki sacked his entire cabinet on Wednesday, two days after the draft constitution he strongly supported was rejected in a national…

114/2005 November 22, 2005, Vienna, Austria . The OPEC Fund for International Development has approved a grant of US$80,000 to co-finance construction of a health care center in the Kitui district in Kenya. Sponsored by the BIDII Women's Self…

SUMMARY AND IMPLICATIONS The food security status of pastoral households in the northeast and farm households in the southeastern and coastal lowlands has reached a critical tipping point. Should rains fail to establish by the end of…

As Kenyans go to the polls to vote on their constitution today, society seems still to be deeply split between the "orange" (no) and the "banana" (yes) votes. Kenyan women, an estimated 60 per cent of the total voting…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 21 November (IRIN) - Kenyan voters turned up in large numbers on Monday to vote in a national referendum that will either approve or reject a proposed…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] NAIROBI, 18 November (IRIN) - Controversy, invective and violence have marred the run-up to the first-ever referendum in Kenya, which will either reject or ratify a proposed new…

NAIROBI - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today reiterated its appeal for US$25 million to assist 1.2 million people in Kenya - particularly the Northeast - hit by critical food shortages. "We are very concerned that our appeal did…

HIGHLIGHTS - Kenyan farmers appeal to government to open maize buying centers - The second season crop picks up after slow start in Uganda - The future of grain trade discussed in Nairobi AGRO-CLIMATIC AND PRODUCTION UPDATE Kenya: Harvesting of the…