Qaabata Boru & Hassan Mahmud – KANERE Staff Writers, December 2022
Refugees in Kalobeyei settlement protest due to prolonged water shortages as the implementing agencies struggle to find tangible water solutions.
Category: Kakuma Town and Kenya
June 21 Speeches Compiled by Tolossa Asrat – KANERE Staff Volunteer Writer, 2022
World Refugee Day 2022 ceremony commemorated at Kalobeyei village 2 with the theme of ensuring every person has the right to seek safety whoever they are, wherever they come from and whenever they are forced to flee.
During the commemoration, various guests including Government representatives, UNHCR County representatives, UNHCR partners and other humanitarian organization representatives, goodwill Ambassador Yiech Pur Biel, refugee leaders from Kakuma and the new settlement attended and made speeches at the event in Kalobeyei settlement, Village 2.
Opinion by Bior Garang – Student Writer
From the first day, it was proposed as a public holiday, October 10th was destined to always be a controversial day in Kenya.
Although the Kenyan government had officially renamed the day ”Utamaduni” day from its more meaningful full ”Huduma” day in 2020, global calendars are yet to be updated to reflect this new normal.
By Tolossa Asrat – KANERE Volunteer Writer, January 2022
Three people, among them, a grandmother and a three-year-old baby, died from scorpion stings and snake bites reported the head of the Scorpion Project in Camp 4 of the Kakuma Refugee camp.
H.E. Mr Antonio Guterres
United Nations Secretary-General
United Nations Headquarters
New York City/Geneva
September 2022
Kakuma, Kenya
RE: Support to facilitate durable solutions for refugees in Kenya
Your Excellency,
Please accept our warm congratulations on your second appointment and our best wishes for your success as continue to take on the responsibilities and challenges of your high office for the next five years.
By Tolossa Asrat KANERE Volunteer Writer, June 2021
In April 2021, during World Health Week, the first phase of the COVID-19 vaccination program for refugees and asylum seekers living in Kakuma and Kalobeyei was being rolled out at Ammusait General Hospital – aka Clinic 7 and Natukubenyo Health Centre, respectively.
By KANERE News Desk
Conflicts between refugees and locals have been a long-standing issue in Kakuma, but an attack following the government announcement about closing Kenya’s refugee camps seems to have been motivated by the announcement. At least four refugees have sustained non-life-threatening injuries following attacks by members of the host community in Kakuma.
By KANERE News Desk
Devolution and ASALs Cabinet Secretary (CS) Eugene Wamalwa on Tuesday, 15th June visited Kakuma Sub-county hospital in Turkana West sub-County to launch a number of projects involving the Government of Kenya.
By Qaabata Boru KANERE Staff Investigative Journalist – February 2021
One South Sudanese refugee teenager killed and another sustained injuries in a fight over firewood collection in Kakuma.
By Akuna Denza – KANERE Staff Writer, February 2021
Kalobeyei residents face a shortage of water as women turn to alternative sources to alleviate/mitigate the water concern.
