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Kenya - Food Insecurity Fact Sheet #1 Fiscal Year (FY) 2013

HIGHLIGHTS

 Favorable 2013 long rains improve food security outlook through September

 Seasonal flooding affects more than 100,000 people across Kenya

 U.S. Government (USG) commits $85.5 million for relief activities in Kenya

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Community-based Approach Prevents HIV in Children and Keeps HIV+ Mothers Healthy in Bondo, Kenya

During the month of May, IMPACT will be highlighting USAID’s work in Global Health. From May 18-27 we will be focusing on an AIDS-Free Generation.

Bondo, Kenya — Babies Gabriel and Mary are among Kenya’s AIDS-free generation.

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African leaders to urge ICC to drop Kenya trials: ministers

05/24/2013 13:34 GMT

ADDIS ABABA, May 24, 2013 (AFP) - African foreign ministers said Friday they have agreed a draft proposal to urge international crimes against humanity trials for Kenya's leaders to be referred back to their country.

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Vice President William Ruto, elected in March, both face trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague for their alleged roles in orchestrating deadly violence in 2007-8 following previous polls.

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Mother and child project launched by the European Union and Government in Taita Taveta County

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European Union

In close cooperation with County government and the Ministry of Health, the European Union today launched a project to improve maternal and child health and family planning in four districts of Taita Taveta, which is set to deliver access to healthcare and advice to almost 80,000 people.

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Briefing: Restive northern Kenya sees shifting power, risks

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IRIN

GARISSA-NAIROBI, 24 May 2013 (IRIN) - The presence of foreign militias in parts of northeastern Kenya, and their collusion with security officials and business people there, may be to blame for a rise in insecurity in the region, where multiple gun and grenade attacks have been reported over the past two years.

But securing northern Kenya is increasingly vital to the government, with the badlands growing in economic viability, the new constitution shifting power to the counties, and mega development projects being planned in the region.

IRIN:

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This article does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. Refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use.

Cet article ne reflète pas nécessairement les vues des Nations Unies. Voir IRIN droits d'auteur pour les conditions d'utilisation.

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Kenya makes new plea to UN Council over ICC charges

05/23/2013 22:14 GMT

UNITED NATIONS, May 23, 2013 (AFP) - Kenya made a new plea to the UN Security Council on Thursday to "terminate" International Criminal Court charges against President Uhuru Kenyatta and other leaders over political unrest in 2008.

But western nations on the 15-member council told Kenyan diplomats at a private meeting that Kenyatta, Deputy President William Ruto and one of their followers must face the court, diplomats said.

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Kenya: Witnesses Describe Kisumu Killings by Police

Used Live Ammunition, Tried to Cover Up Evidence

(Nairobi) – The Kenyan authorities should promptly investigate and prosecute those responsible for shootings by the police in Kisumu on March 30, 2013. Five people died and at least twenty-four were injured.

The shootings occurred in the wake of demonstrations against the Kenyan Supreme Court ruling on March 30 upholding President Uhuru Kenyatta’s election victory on March 4. Human Rights Watch interviewed witnesses, civil society leaders, and government officials about the violence.

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Solar power brings piped water to rural Western Kenya's doorstep

KAKAMEGA, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Residents of some rural communities in Western Kenya can now access clean piped water at their doorsteps, thanks to solar-powered engines that pump it from borehole wells.

Read the full report on AlertNet.

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Eastern Africa Humanitarian Bulletin, Issue 25, 22 April - 22 May

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Over 170 people have died and 225,000 displaced as a result of flash flooding

  • Food Security: Aid agencies urged to adopt ‘no regrets response’ to build on regional food security gains

  • Renewed attempts made to address cross border and incountry insecurity in eastern Africa, namely in Somalia, DRC and Kenya.

  • Regional Migration: An estimated 9.15 million people are currently displaced in the region: 2,012,531 are refugees and 7,141,442 are IDPs

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:

To learn more about OCHA's activities, please visit http://unocha.org/.

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Kenya: Floods Emergency appeal Operation update n°1 - MDRKE025

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IFRC

Appeal target (current): The floods emergency appeal seeks to raise CHF 3,538,548 in cash, kind or services to support Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) to assist an estimated 52,183 beneficiaries for a six months period.

Appeal coverage: 9% So far the appeal has received both hard and soft pledges and commitments from PNS, UN agencies, developmental and private partners.

Appeal history:

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UNHCR Dadaab Update 6/13, 16 April - 15 May 2013

New developments

Registration resumed

On 8 May, the Department of Refugee Affairs (DRA) reopened registration of asylum seekers. This means that some 4,000 persons who have arrived to Dadaab since the closure of the latest two-week registration window on 30 November 2012 will now be registered and get access to services.

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Fresh attacks near border spark tension

By NATION CORRESPONDENT
Posted Wednesday, May 22 2013 at 23:48

Tension is simmering between pastoralists from Kenya and Ethiopia following renewed armed conflict caused by cattle rustling and dispute over grazing fields.

The strained relationship has been caused by the killing of a Turkana herdsman by suspected Nyang’atom bandits and migration of hundreds of Merrile herdsmen from Ethiopia to Kokuro 10 kilometres from the common border in search of pasture for their animals.

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Farmers count losses as maize bug hits again

By GEORGE SAYAGIE gsayagie@ke.nationmedia.com
Posted Wednesday, May 22 2013 at 23:56

IN SUMMARY

  • Many families face starvation if urgent measures are not taken to eradicate virus from farms

The maize viral disease that led to huge losses last year has been reported again in Narok.

The stalks and leaves of maize crops have started turning brown, an indication of the presence of the lethal Necrosis disease.

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Findings expose bias in payout of polls chaos IDPs

By TIM WANYONYI twanyonyi@ke.nationmedia.com
Posted Wednesday, May 22 2013 at 23:30

In Summary

  • Western Kenya natives were paid less and did not get benefits such as food, shelter during the resettlement programme

Claims of bias in the compensation of people displaced in the 2008 post-election violence were frustrating reconciliation efforts, the report by the Truth team says.

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USIP Meeting Examines Kenya’s Peaceful Elections

The mostly peaceful Kenyan elections this year—a welcome contrast to the communal bloodletting that followed the 2007 contest—reflects structural reforms in Kenya’s political system, a new electoral alliance between former political foes and internationally supported work to prevent the return of mass violence, according to a panel of specialists who gathered at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) on May 21.

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Growing peas and greens to maximise water usage

NAIROBI , May 22 2013 (IPS) - Amid warnings that Kenya’s agricultural water use is surpassing sustainable levels and adversely affecting food security, biodiversity researchers say that agrobiodiversity should be considered as a vital tool to combat this.

“In order to feed the nation, the country must explore agrobiodiversity, specifically (the growing of) vegetables and fruits, which have been neglected in favour of maize,” Mary Abukutsa-Onyango, a professor of horticulture at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, told IPS.

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Kenyan truth panel urges president to apologise for abuses

05/22/2013 10:12 GMT

NAIROBI, May 22, 2013 (AFP) - Kenya's reconciliation commission has said the president, security forces and judiciary should publicly apologise for past abuses going back 50 years, its final report seen Wednesday said.

Set up after bloody post-election violence in 2007-08, Kenya's Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) handed over its weighty four-volume report -- containing tens of thousands of testimonies gathered over four years detailing rights abuses the abuse of rights in the country -- to President Uhuru Kenyatta late Tuesday.

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Wild poliovirus in the Horn of Africa

Enhanced surveillance for polio is needed across the Horn of Africa. All countries are urged to rapidly identify sub-national surveillance gaps and to take measures to fill them.

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KRCS Responding to the Mandera Conflict with Medical Outreaches

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Kenya Red Cross

Following the recent inter-clan conflicts in Rhamu-Mandera, the Kenya Red Cross society (KRCS) has today on 14th May 2013, started distributing food and conducting medical outreaches among the affected population.