Deacon Michael Eroo and Stella Akom were married, supported by a colorful crowd cheering in many different languages.
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Is repatriation a solution for Somali refugees?
Six members of the Sudanese Nuer community were arrested by police in Kakuma 2 following inter-communal clashes
The Faithful decked in fine robes and dresses conducted early morning prayers at Kakuma football field
“I started living in this camp from 1997 under plastic tents; we don’t want to live for another 16 years again. What is the meaning of permanent shelters in 2013?”
– Aziza Zenawi said in an interview/ “From Tents into Permanent Blocks”
“It’s complicated, the attackers are southerners who are masterminded by David Yau-Yau who is Murle by tribe rebelling against the government of South Sudan,”
– Peter Lam told Kanere outside UNHCR premises/ “Kakuma Camp Continues to Receive New Arrivals”
“I felt the rain was too strong with flooding, since the time I started living in Kakuma, it never rained like that day,”
– said an eye witness who saw the corpse lying swollen in the river/ “At least six died in Kakuma floods”
“All the assistance provisions were insufficient and irregular rations coming at an intervals of three to five months. We lost six members who died due to starvation in the past,”
– Luomeyana Ekomuwa IDPs leader/ “Marginalized IDPs in Kakuma”
“The security officers visit my store and demand bribes on daily basis,”
– Abdulrizack Mohamed told Kanere at 6th Street in Eastleigh, Nairobi/ “Government Crackdown on Refugees”
“Without any word, they got into the bus and warned everyone to produce their identity, no sooner, they started calling us Al-shabaab and ordering the bus driver to take us to the Eldoret Police Station,”
– an anonymous Somali refugee told Kanere/ “Somali Dayah Bus with Passengers on Board Arrested in Eldoret Town”
“My village was attacked in the dead of the night, I was raped; other children were abducted, I managed to escape,”
– a South Sudanese rape victim/ “Kakuma Camp Continues to Receive New Arrivals”
“I know some of the people who killed my brother, I saw people killed with machetes,”
– an anonymous IDP member/ “Marginalized IDPs in Kakuma”
“I was in a refugee camp for the last 20 years, while about 20% arrived later; in Dadaab, a person can be killed in the market without finding the killers.”
– Fara Ibrahim a refugee leader of transit group/ “From Tents into Permanent Blocks”
“From what I witnessed, I have learnt that more than seven refugees have so far died in floods in Kakuma,”
– A Somali refugee leader at Kakuma1 Zone6 said in an interview/ “At least six died in Kakuma floods”
“I paid Ksh. 3,000 to a police officer for consideration and another officer re-arrested me. Even after a night in the prison, we contribute money to receive receipts of cash bails,” said an Interviewee who requested to remain anonymous/ “Somali Dayah Bus with Passengers on Board Arrested in Eldoret Town”
“I can’t bear the high humidity under the tent, it burning my soul, it’s too bright outside, waiting next step in life,”
– said a Ugandan two weeks old in Kakuma/ “Kakuma Camp Continues to Receive New Arrivals”
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A Poem for UNHCR
By Ayellow
We are like microorganisms
in a dry riverbed. The Earth, the wind
and our native countries unite to persecute us.
Our countries dispose of us, the earth broils us
and the wind blows us away, de-graded
and traumatized. We have no allies. We only
have U, beloved UNHCR. Life is wind erosion,
Life is dispersing us like dust.
Lucky citizens of the world, if you have
time to breathe today, or go to the beach,
I beg you to look out for us. We are always there
blowing in the wind or sinking in boats
from across your golden beaches.
By Qaabata Boru
Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp has warehoused tens of thousands of refugees for decades.
In the fall of 2012, the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, started constructing permanent houses for refugees in Kakuma 3 settlement section mostly inhabited by new arrivals.
Refugees living in the urban centers of Nairobi have faced harsh mistreatment since December 2012, when the Kenyan government passed an order to force refugees into the camps.
The UNHCR Sub-Office at Kakuma continues to receive an influx of new arrivals on daily basis since the first quarter of this year.