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Kalobeyei Refugee Protest

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.

Kalobeyei residents protest over water shortages, and roads were barricaded with stones – By Hassan Mahmud / KANERE 2022
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Public speeches made by Camp Authorities on World Refugee Day 2022

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.

Caroline Van Buren of UNHCR Kenya Country Rep speaking during the World Refugee Day, commemorated at Kalobeyei, Turkana – Photography by Tolossa Asrat / KANERE 2022
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WHY OCTOBER 10TH IS KENYA’S MOST CONFUSING HOLIDAY FOR SOUTH SUDANESE REFUGEES IN ELDORET

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. 

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Three People died by venom, Scorpion Project Center

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.

Parabuthus Maximus, the most harmful and feared Scorpion in Kakuma / Photograph by Godfrey of Scorpion Project Center
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Open Letter to the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

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.

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Refugees receive first doses of Covishield: UNHCR calls for vaccine equity

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.

COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Kakuma and Kalobeyei May to June 2021, targeting frontline humanitarian workers: Photo credit/KANERE
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Attacks on refugees following camp closure notice

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.

Victims of  attacks in Kakuma is related to threats from camp closure notice by Kenya government: Photograph by KANERE
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CS Launches Development Response to Displacement Impact Projects 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. 

CS Wamalwa Launching Lokipoto Water Supply, Turkana West: Photograph by courtesy

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REFUGEE KILLED IN STRUGGLE OVER FIREWOOD

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.

Firewood in Kakuma is most challenging need as default energy source: KANERE File/Qaabata Boru
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Water Shortage in the new settlement in the middle of the pandemic

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.

A refugee woman drawing water from a lagga (river) in Kalobeyei village 2/ KANERE Kalobeyei