KNCHR POSITION ON AMNESTY FOR ALLEGED PERPETRATORS OF POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE
I. Introduction
Recently, a debate in Kenya has raged regarding whether persons arrested in the wake of the post election violence should be prosecuted or granted amnesty. These persons comprise mainly youths from Rift Valley, Nyanza, Coast, Central and Nairobi Provinces who are alleged to have committed [...]
KENYA: Financing boost for small farmers
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The cost of food is rising, placing a disproportionate burden on the poor who spend most of their income on consumables
NAIROBI, 6 May 2008 (IRIN) - Small farmers and agricultural enterprises are the main beneficiaries of a financing partnership launched on 6 May to help [...]
KENYA: Govt raises funds, resettlement ongoing despite hitches
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Internally displaced persons (IDPs) at a camp in Eldoret, Rift Valley Province
NAIROBI, 13 May 2008 (IRIN) - The Kenyan government has raised Ksh1.46 billion (US$22.4 million) of the Ksh30 billion ($462 million) it says it needs to resettle at least 350,000 people displaced [...]
KENYA: IDPs in Central reluctant to return to Rift Valley
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Samuel Ngumo Kamau and wife, Teresia Muthoni, and their three-week old baby
RURING’U, 23 May 2008 (IRIN) - Samuel Ngumo Kamau cannot dispel the images of burning houses and Kenyans killing each other from his mind – a key factor in his [...]
Source: Inter-Cluster Group for Kenya
Date: 08 May 2008
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 [...]
Source: ODI - Humanitarian Policy Group (ODI-HPG)
Date: 28 Apr 2008
Crisis in Kenya: Land, displacement and the search for ‘durable solutions’
Key messages
- Current post-election displacement in Kenya is not a new phenomenon but a recurring trend linked to unresolved land grievances, in a context of poor governance and socio-economic insecurity. This is of concern to humanitarians [...]
Date: 07 May 2008
UNHCR organizes go-and-see visits for displaced Kenyans
NYAKINYUA, Kenya, May 7 (UNHCR) – Thirty displaced Kenyans have paid a day-long visit to the Rift Valley Province villages they fled earlier this year, but left for their sanctuaries undecided about whether or not to return permanently. Some were shocked to see the devastation wreaked [...]
Date: 07 May 2008
Kenya: Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #13 (FY 200
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 April 23, 2008.
KEY DEVELOPMENTS
- According to USAID/OFDA staff, on May 5, the Government of Kenya (GOK) launched an [...]
KENYA: Compensation, fear of attacks keeping IDPs in Rift Valley camps
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A young boy drinks rain water at the displaced camp at Eldoret. April 2008. The heavy downpour brings a risk of waterborne diseases that can hit the camp.
ELDORET, 1 May 2008 (IRIN) - Along the Nakuru-Eldoret road, the charred remains of [...]
KENYA: Reconciliation key to returns
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