HIGHLIGHTS
- EARLY RECOVERY WILL BE MAINSTREAMED IN CLUSTER RESPONSE
- EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS CLUSTER CONCERNED ABOUT ABILITY TO ADEQUATELY SUPPORT SECURITY AND COMMUNICATIONS IN PHASE 3 AREAS DUE TO LACK OF FUNDING
- ROAD TRANSPORTATION SEVERELY LIMITED IN PAST FEW DAYS
The information contained in this report has been gathered by the cluster leads from cluster members and UNDSS and consolidated by OCHA.
Situation Overview
1. The situation remains tense in many parts of the country and security concerns continue to hamper the delivery of humanitarian assistance. The affected populations remain highly mobile making targeting and service provision challenging.
2. Results from ongoing nutritional screening in the IDP camps continue to indicate that the nutrition situation is of concern with far higher than expected in these populations. Nutrition services are currently reaching about 70% of the affected populations and efforts in scaling up activities and coverage continue. Areas that have been seriously affected include Kipkelion, Kuresoi, Molo and Londiani
3. The actual total number of schools that have been burned, looted or in need of rehabilitation remains unknown, although the crisis is having a national impact on education. Teachers are returning from their teaching posts to other areas, classes are untaught, many teachers are requesting to be transferred to areas they feel secure.
4. Food distributions are ongoing, though insecurity continues to hamper delivery. Insecurity is reported to have resulted into significant price increases of staple foods and other essential commodities A clear policy on targeting and assisting displaced and affected people separately from the host community (especially in urban slum areas) is under consultation with relevant partners,
5. Lack of fuel and inappropriate cooking facilities continue to affect food consumption, A local supplier of charcoal briquettes has been identified and details have been provided to all cluster members and cluster leads.
6. The Ministry of Health plans mass measles and polio immunization for all the IDP camps next week together with de-worming and Vitamin A supplementation. The MoH is requesting that all agencies use MoH standard data collection tools to standardise health assessments.
7. Early Recovery focal points have been assigned to the other clusters to ensure that Early Recovery components are integrated.
8. Concerns remain over the omission of the ETC projects from the CERF appeal, and the lack of funding for any activity planned by the cluster. Of particular concern is the ability to adequately provide security and communications support to the humanitarian community in the event of a worst case scenario
9. Road transportation has been severely limited over the past few days with commercial transporters reluctant to send out trucks to insecure areas, especially Naivasha, Molo, Rongai and Nakuru. Deliveries over the last days were largely limited to Nairobi There have been no significant problems reported with Mombassa port operations but some constraints in moving containers from Mombassa due to road security concerns.
10. The export of fuel to neighbouring countries is now severely disrupted.
For more information, please contact:
Jeanine Cooper: +254 (0)722720944, jeanine.cooper@undp.org; Dijana Duric: +254 (0)728601291, dijana.duric@undp.org; Christina Bennett, Public Information Officer, OCHA-New York: +1 917 367 8059, mobile: +1 917 435 8617, bennett1@un.org; Elisabeth Byrs, Public Information Officer, OCHA-Geneva: +41 22 917 2653, byrs@un.org.