Nairobi, 9 April 2020 --- The Government of Kenya, the United Nations and humanitarian partners have launched today a Flash Appeal requesting $267.5 million to respond to the most immediate and...
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Sharing the Burden of Refugees; the World Can Do Better
By Siddharth Chatterjee Siddharth Chatterjee is the United Nations Resident Coordinator to Kenya. NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 20 2019 (IPS) - As the world marks World Refugee Day on June 20th to celebrate...
Global Hunger Is Threatening Families Because of Climate Change
Siddharth Chatterjee is the United Nations Resident Coordinator to Kenya. There is barely a corner of human life that will not be affected by climate change, and some of its impacts are already being...
Driven to Extremes–How Poverty Fuels Extremism, and How to Help Africa’s Youth
By Siddharth Chatterjee, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Kenya. Follow him on twitter: @sidchat1 NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 17 2017 (IPS) - Poverty is a blight, and one that disproportionately...
Kenya Humanitarian Update Jul 2003
Humanitarian Update is published by the Disaster Prevention, Management and Coordination Unit under the UN Kenya Resident Coordinator Office, UN Complex, Block Q, Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya. Overview ...
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Kenya Humanitarian Update Jun 2003
Humanitarian Update is published by the Disaster Prevention, Management and Coordination Unit under the UN Kenya Resident Coordinator Office, UN Complex, Block Q, Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya. Turkana:...
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Kenya Humanitarian Update May 2003
Overview The government has announced an intention to look for external experts to help harness flood waters especially in the Lake Victoria Basin. Holland and China have been suggested as countries...
Kenya Humanitarian Update Apr 2003
Overview The way to the long rains sea- dry season has given son. Most parts of the country are reporting floods of great magnitude which have so far claimed 14 lives and swept away property of...
Kenya Humanitarian Update Mar 2003
Half a million Kenyans lack adequate food Some 500,000 people are currently food insecure in the areas of West Pokot, southern Turkana, Baringo and the agro-pastoral Marakwet Districts says a report...
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Kenya Humanitarian Update Feb 2003
Overview The government has continued with its waragainst corruption and plunderers of the national economy by announcing that it was investigating past misdeeds and would soon net those implicated...
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Kenya Humanitarian Update Jan 2003
Overview The new Government has moved steadily towards addressing corruption in the country. The war against corruption intensified with t he arraignment in court of a High Court Judge on forgery and...
Kenya Humanitarian Update Dec 2002
Overview Kenyans ushered in the new year with a new government after 40 years of Kenya African National Union (KANU) rule. The National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) won a majority of seats in Parliament...
Kenya Humanitarian Update Nov 2002
Overview For the first time in weeks, Kenya's politics took a back seat as all attention was diverted to a terrorist bomb attack on an Israeli owned hotel in Mombasa on November 28. At least 15...
Kenya Humanitarian Update Oct 2002
Overview Kenya's Parliament was dissolved on October 25, 2002 to pave way for the General Elections on December 27. The presidential, parliamentary and civic elections will take place simultaneously...
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Kenya Humanitarian Update Sep 2002
(Extract from the report) Overview Issues surrounding a draft constitution released by the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission on September 18 dominated most public discussions in the country...
Humanitarian Update Kenya Aug 2002
Overview: Contingency planning for El Niño Weather experts confirmed on August 28th that Kenya is on the verge of experiencing El Niño phenomenon in various parts of the country from October up to...
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Humanitarian Update Kenya Jul 2002
Overview Election fever is heating up in Kenya with more than seven people declaring their candidature for president. This general election is of particular importance to Kenyans because the country...