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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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South Sudanese refugee is top KCSE student in Turkana West

By Baluu Wol Makuach – KANERE Volunteer Writer, June 2021

Maketh Alier Deng, the top performer in the 2020 KCSE Exams in Kakuma Refugee Camp scored an amazing overall grade of A – (Minus). It is the second time since 2010 that Kakuma Refugee Secondary School (KRSS) achieved such a success.

Photography session; from left: Naomi Keth, Juarwel Akech Bior and Maketh Alier Deng / Baluu Wol Makuach / KANERE
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SOUTH SUDAN IN TEN YEARS

Opinion, By ©Tajush2021 – A South Sudanese refugee |Liberalmind210@gmail.com

THE FOLLOWING OPINION DOESN’T REFLECT THE VIEWS OF KANERE

There was a time not too long ago when South Sudan was a beacon of hope for both Africa and the world at large. Exactly ten years ago today, in 2011, South Sudan attained a well fought for independence from the imperial Arab regime of Omar al Bashir through a landslide cessation referendum.

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Beyond Training: Supporting Refugee Girls Who Believe in Themselves

By Tolossa Asrat KANERE Volunteer Writer, June 2021

In Kakuma and Kalobeyei, which host over 200,000 refugees, women and children comprise 76 % of the total refugee population. Of this sum, 49% are women living in dire circumstances which most people would never even wish to visit.

Winnie Achola a resident of village 3 of the Kalobeyei settlement is a beneficiary of live-skill trainings by camp agency: Photo By Tolossa Asrat / KANERE
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Despite Persistent Violence Ethnic Extremism, Communities in Kakuma Refugee Camp Remain Resilient

By Tolossa Asrat, KANERE Volunteer Writer, June 2021

This article is produced by KANERE and Commissioned by KECOMNET for 2021 World Press Freedom Day with the theme of “Information as a Public Good”. Located 408 miles northwest from the capital, Nairobi, Turkana County is the second largest of 47 counties in Kenya, covering an area of 1.5976km2 and accounting for 13.5% of the total land area in the republic.

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NGO’s sees Freelancing as a Possible Source of Income for Refugees in Kakuma

Tolossa Asrat – KANERE Staff Writer, February 2021

With diminished opportunities for third country resettlement for refugees, UNHCR and its partners have sought new solutions for the growing protracted refugee population in Kakuma and Kalobeyei.

Skill training center at the Kalobeyei refugee settlement – KANERE
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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
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Refugee Education under the Pandemic

Baluu Wol Makuach – KANERE Staff Writer, February 2021

Kenya announced its first Covid-19 case on March 13th 2020 when a woman contracted the virus upon her return to Kenya after traveling to the United States via London.

Students from KRSS assemble for a second term reopening/ KANERE Feb 2021

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Challenges of fighting COVID-19 in the public transport sector

By Alex Ikambi – KANERE Guest Writer, February 2021

Approaches to the fight against COVID-19 have had their fair share of successes and flops.

Public transport minibus aka ‘Nganya’ along Haile Selassie Avenue, Nairobi/KANERE