Book Launch – Kwani Trust & Concerned Kenyan Writers: After the Vote; Dispatches from the Coalition of Concerned Kenyan writers on May 29, 2008

Kwani Trust, in partnership with the Coalition of Concerned Kenyan Writers (CKW) are pleased to announce the release of a new book, After the Vote; Dispatches from the Coalition of Concerned Kenyan writers on May 29, 2008
CKW are a coalition of the foremost writers, thinkers, philosophers and artists in the country, who came together in response [...]

Kenya: Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #14 (FY 2008)

Date: 28 May 2008

Kenya: Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #14 (FY 2008)

U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)
OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)
Note: The last fact sheet was dated May 7, 2008.
KEY DEVELOPMENTS
- The Government of Kenya (GOK) continues to facilitate the return of approximately 350,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) [...]

ICRC Kenya: Surgeons dissect lessons from post-election violence

Source: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Date: 19 May 2008

Kenya: Surgeons dissect lessons from post-election violence

Following Kenya’s December 2007 general elections, hospital staff had to face a massive, and unexpected, influx of victims of violence. Now, during a series of ICRC-organized workshops geared at peace-time emergencies, they are discussing the lessons learned. The ICRC’s [...]

CCP Meeting 16-05-08

MINUTES OF THE CCP MEETING HELD AT OXFAM OFFICES, SHELTER AFRIQUE HOUSE ON 16/05/08
CORE CORE GROUP MEMBER PRESENT

1. Amb. Bethuel Kiplagat

Matters Arising
Security at Internally Displaced Camps
Mathare
Security is a major threat in Mathare and as it is, there are gangs from both the Kikuyu and Luo communities terrorising residents. The gang leaders are [...]

AI – Kenya: Concerns about the truth, justice and reconciliation bill

Source: Amnesty International (AI)
Date: 22 May 2008

Kenya: Concerns about the truth, justice and reconciliation bill

Introduction
Amnesty International has a number of serious concerns about the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission Bill of Kenya (the Bill), published on 9 May 2008 and due to be submitted for debate in Parliament. (i)
Amnesty International recognizes the decision to establish [...]

AMREF – Kenya in crisis appeal

Source: African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF)
Date: 21 May 2008

Kenya in crisis appeal

AMREF has launched a global appeal to raise $1.5m to provide health care to victims of the post-election violence in Kenya that has left nearly 500 dead and over 300,000 people living in camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) across the country.
AMREF already [...]

Seed and fertilizer help displaced farmers in Kenya

Source: Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
Date: 19 May 2008

Seed and fertilizer help displaced farmers in Kenya

CRS continues to respond to the post-election crisis in Kenya. Recently, CRS and the Catholic Diocese of Eldoret assisted 1,500 farmers displaced by the violence by providing them with vouchers redeemable for seed and fertilizer—critical aid to avoid food shortages. Johnson [...]

Kenya Inter-Cluster Team Situation Report No. 24, 19 May 2008: Kenya Post-Election Emergency Response; Cluster – Food Assistance

Source: Inter-Cluster Group for Kenya
Date: 19 May 2008

Kenya Inter-Cluster Team Situation Report No. 24, 19 May 2008: Kenya Post-Election Emergency Response; Cluster – Food Assistance

Kenya Post-Election Emergency Response: Food Assistance Sector
Situation Overview
Kenya Red Cross(KRC), Government of Kenya(GoK), Office of the President/Special Programmes, and WFP are coordinating the single-food-pipeline and food assistance activities in Kenya, building [...]

Kenya Inter-Cluster Team Situation Report No. 23, 08 May 2008: Kenya Post-Election Emergency Response; Cluster – Food Assistance

Kenya Inter-Cluster Team Situation Report No. 23, 08 May 2008: Kenya Post-Election Emergency Response; Cluster – Food Assistance

Situation Overview
Kenya Red Cross(KRC), Government of Kenya(GoK), Office of the President/Special Programmes, and WFP are coordinating the single-food-pipeline and food assistance activities in Kenya, building on the existing food assistance coordination mechanisms in Kenya.
The KRC statistics as of [...]

OCHA Kenya Humanitarian Update vol. 19, 09 -15 May 2008

OCHA Kenya Humanitarian Update vol. 19, 09 -15 May 2008

HIGHLIGHTS
- Government operation continues to return IDPs.
- Permanent Secretary of Special Programs reports that 114,000 displaced
persons have returned to their pre-crisis homes since the end of the conflict.
- Peace and Reconciliation Framework finalized by the Early Recovery Cluster.
- Provisional nutritional survey results for Turkana, Samburu and [...]