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Kenya Multi-sector Needs Assessment (MSNA): Refugee Households | June 2025

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• Cuts to refugee rations and cash transfers have sharply reduced recent assistance coverage, leaving households reliant on in-kind food aid, borrowing and credit purchases. Food is consistently reported as the top unmet need, as was also the case in the 2024 MSNA, highlighting heightened vulnerability.

• Water supply across camps has become unreliable due to underfunding, with families frequently reporting insufficient drinking water. Basic pit latrines dominate, hand-washing facilities are often absent and child illness (fever, diarrhoea, cough) is widespread, reflecting Water, Sanitation and Hygiene(WASH)-related health risks.

• Households mainly depend on unstable income sources such as casual labour, aid and remittances, with earnings far below the Minimum Expenditure Basket. Over 70% reported resorting to stress, crisis, or emergency coping strategies in the past month, eroding resilience.