Quotes of the months for August, November – December Edition 2018

“When they arrived, they were many, they carried big sticks, and they used force. I was bleeding from my head as a result of the beating,”

– Leader of Refugee Flag Kakuma told KANERE in an interview on the scene/”LGBTIQ protest interrupted by violence outside UNHCR sub-office”

“It is just another bureaucracy,” Said Henrik, a community leader who spend more than 25 days waiting to meet the agencies officials to receive his number,”

– Henrik a refugee community leader told KANERE/”Using Tech to Bring Services closer to Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the Camp”

“after they killed him, they took his phone and money from his pocket.”

– Close relative to Deng told KANERE/”Violent Robbery Results in Refugee Death”

“I thought my refugee status would be determined within a year after arrival. but this has not been the case at all,” he explained. “I was denied opportunities because my status determination was incomplete, and people I met at UNHCR were not helpful,”

– Tamiru an Ethiopian asylum seeker with her experience of RSD rejection/”Refugees receive RSD letters from RAS”

“The two clans belong to Luo Nuer, and the reason for the fight was recycled from the last year,”

– Explained community security worker Gat Dak in Kakuma 4/”Two killed in communal violence”

“The programme is comfortable and its really helpful”

– Jilo one of the beneficiaries from refugee community/ “SNHU Global Education Movement (GEM) and Jesuit Worldwide Learning (JWL) Introduce New Programme for Kakuma Residents at Student-Employer Networking Event”

“They told me to call someone with computer skills after finishing the two steps process. It takes more than a week to find help because I do not have the computer skills to schedule my own appointment,”

– Explained an Oromo refugee, who wishes to remain anonymous at the field post Centre two/”Using Tech to Bring Services closer to Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the Camp”

“Matom was imprisoned in a murder case, but the person who impregnated his sister has fled from Kakuma. The girl is in UNHCR protection area with her child,”

– John Sudanese youth leader told KANERE/”Two killed in communal violence”