Kenya
Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification Biophysical Indicators The County received below average rainfall during the Month of December. The vegetation condition Index (VCI-3Month) showed decrease of 35 percent when compared to previous month of November. The VCI indicated severe…
Kenya
Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification Biophysical Indicators Generally, the first three weeks of the month were wet and the last one week was dry. Pasture and browse condition ranged from fair to good across the two main livelihood…
Kenya
Food insecurity in Kenya has deteriorated since August with the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance increasing from 2.1 million in August 2021 to 2.8 million in December 2021 as a result of the…
Kenya
Overview The ASAL Humanitarian Network's (AHN) multipurpose cash assistance (MPCA) programme provides two rounds of multi-purpose cash transfers (MPCTs) to vulnerable populations in dry spell-affected counties in Kenya. This response is primarily funded by Oxfam and consists…
Kenya
Drought indicators Rainfall Performance for November, 2021 During the month of November 2021, dry weather conditions were experienced over several parts of the ASALs. However, occasional rainfall was experienced over northern Wajir and Mandera. Isolated storms were…
Kenya
SEVERE DROUGHT LEAVES COMMUNITIES IN URGENT NEED OF ASSISTANCE Three consecutive poor rainy seasons in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) of Kenya have exhausted families’ coping capacities and left more than 2.9 million people in urgent…
Kenya
The IFRC Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) has approved a total allocation of CHF 332, 278 CHF from its Forecast based Action (FbA) mechanism for the Kenya Red Cross Society. The approved amount consists of an…
Kenya
Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification Biophysical Indicators In November, the County received below normal rainfall. The temporal distribution was poor with uneven spatial distribution in all livelihood zones. The vegetation cover index was at above normal ranges although…
Kenya
Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification Biophysical Indicators Rainfall Report Dry weather conditions were experienced over most parts of the county. However, rainfall was experienced in some few places in Wajir North, Tarbaj, Wajir East and Eldas Sub counties. The distribution…
Kenya
Drought Situation & EW Phase Classification Biophysical Indicators Dry and hot weather conditions dominated across all parts of the County during the month under review with the daytime temperature ranging between 360C and 380C. Consequently, cumulative rainfall for…
