By Santos Madhieu – KANERE Staff Writer, May 2020
Meet Samson, a 22-year-old Congolese designer who came to Kakuma Camp in 2015 and is now helping to fight the Coronavirus by making free face masks for both refugees and locals.
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By the KANERE Editorial Team
The Coronavirus Disease of 2019 (aka COVID-19) has already impacted many countries around the world, especially in China, Iran, Europe and the United States.
In Africa, at least 52 countries have confirmed cases. Over 13,000 people have tested positive, and more than 700 of them have died. Kenya reported its first case in mid-March, and as the virus continues to spread to new counties, refugees in Kakuma are anxious that the virus will eventually reach the camp.
In the coming weeks, the Kakuma News Reflector will make Covid-19 a special focus. The editorial team is working overtime to report on the responses by humanitarian agencies and the government, as well as the ways that communities are dealing with the threat.
By Baluu Wol Makuach – KANERE Staff Writer April, 2020
On April 2nd, KANERE correspondent Baluu Wol Makuach visited Food Distribution Point 1 to see how the World Food Programme (WFP) was delivering rations under the increased health precautions. To curb the spread of Covid-19 in Kakuma, WFP is distributing a double ration of two months of relief food to beneficiaries.
This is the first story published in KANERE’s Photo Essay series, told through images rather than a conventional written article.
By Hibo Mohammed – KANERE Staff Writer April, 2020
The residents of Kakuma have been worried about the Covid-19 pandemic, which has affected many countries but has yet to reach the camp. On 13th March 2020, Kenya announced its first case of Corona Virus, and fear rose in the camp when it was reported in The Daily Nation on March 20th that four people had been detained while attempting to enter Kakuma by road. Due to concerns that they might have been infected by coronavirus, they were put into isolation. The three Somali-Americans men were all relatives; the eldest had just returned from the US, and he was accompanied on the road by his son and grandson.
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NEXT CIRCLE
By Okelo Sejo – Kakuma Refugee Camp
There is time for more
And time for less
Time for war
And time to seek refuge
Time to collect ration
And time to starve
Problem is there is just no time
“The police are supposed to solve land conflicts and refer the case for resolution. However, if the police see money in the conflict, they take bribes from both parties. The winner is often the one who paid more,”
– says a refugee with experience in shelter disputes/ “Kenya’s black market in “refugee real estate”
“I counted ten bullets holes in his body, two on the neck,” a close relative of Saladhin told KANERE,”
– a close relative of Saladhin told KANERE/ “Political refugee killed by Kakuma police”
“I am in fear for my life, and I am not sure what to do with my business,”
– Farhan told the KANERE journalist at his shop in November/ “Refugee business entrepreneur facing life threats”
“I was trying to resist and I got one of them down but when the other hit my head with a sharp machete, I fell down,”
– Ali told KANERE/ “Refugee man shot and wounded”
“I heard him crying and asking for mercy for more than ten minutes, then gun rumbles followed,”
– an anonymous witness told KANERE/ “Political refugee killed by Kakuma police”
“As a single mother, i needed more than the food supplied by the UN. So, i came up with this plan of baking and selling biscuits,”
– explains Axlam, a Somali woman living in Kakuma/ “Kenya’s black market in “refugee real estate”
“Land allocation is a big factor but we’re determined to see peaceful co-existence between the refugees and local community,”
– claimed Governor Nanok speaking at a previous World Refugee Day event/ “Refugee business entrepreneur facing life threats”
“We gathered at the scene of murder, we were shocked and nobody can question the police action,”
– a Sudanese local elder addressed the mourning crowd/ “Political refugee killed by Kakuma police”
“I was beaten in the market by local women (Turkanas) for a reason not known to me,”
– Felicia, a business woman in Kalobeyei told KANERE/ “Refugee business entrepreneur facing life threats”
“I was on the ground, then the trio move backwards and one of them fired the gun at me. That was all I could remember,”
– Ali told KANERE in an interview/ “Refugee man shot and wounded”
By Qaabata Boru – kakuma.news@gmail.com
The Trump administration’s proposed restrictions and ban on immigration have compounded stress and trauma that is experienced by the camp refugees.
By Cory Rodgers
The informal system of shelter ownership that has sprung up in refugee camps in Kenya and elsewhere has allowed entrepreneurial activity to flourish, but it is also unregulated and without formal legal protections, leaving some refugees vulnerable to losing everything.
By Qaabata Boru
A refugee small business owner is facing a life-threatening situation in Kalobeyei refugee settlement
By Okello and Shidad
A refugee man survived gunshots wounds in a night attack in Kakuma