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WFP Kenya Update: November 2013 20 December 2013

Highlights

Rainfall received during the month was largely below normal with uneven distribution in time and space, apart from isolated places particularly in western Kenya where above normal rainfall was received.

WFP in Kenya implemented a 20 percent food ration cut in the refugee camps in November. Full rations are expected to resume on 1 January 2014.

The biometrics fingerprinting system in the camps decreased the number of refugees requiring food assistance by 15 percent.

WFP began county consultations to allow alignment of the new Country Programme with county priorities and capacity gaps in food and nutrition security.

Total six-month shortfalls for operations in Kenya are US$85 million (including unpaid advances).

WFP :: Kenya Update :: November

2013

1. Food and Nutrition Security

Food security in Kenya is largely determined by the performance of the rainy seasons. The country is still

over-reliant on rain-fed agriculture for production of crops and livestock, and 80 percent of the land is

very prone to droughts.

In November, the rainfall distribution was generally uneven in time and space across most parts of the

country. Close to half of the meteorological stations recorded below normal rainfall, i.e. less than 75

percent of their November long term means. Nevertheless, enhanced rainfall was recorded over isolated

areas in western, central, northeastern and southeastern parts of Kenya. For instance, drought-prone

areas such as Mandera, Marsabit and parts of Makueni recorded more than 125 percent of their November

long term means. The outlook for December 2013 indicates that most parts of Kenya are likely to

experience less than normal rainfall, with the exception of the western region where near normal rainfall,

with a slight tendency towards above normal rainfall is expected. (Source: Kenya Meteorological

Department, website: www.meteo.go.ke). The current season (short rains) is the main agricultural season

in the marginal agricultural areas as it accounts for up to 70 percent of the regions’ annual crop

production, corresponding to 20 percent of national yearly production. The impact of this season’s

performance to food security indicators will be established by an assessment in early 2014.

During the month, the average wholesale price of maize remained constant in Kisumu, increased in

Nairobi and Eldoret by 1 and 7 percent respectively but fell by 5 percent in Nakuru. The maize harvest in

the north Rift Valley usually lowers the prices in Eldoret and Nairobi from October through December.

However, prices have been affected by low yields and hoarding of maize stocks by farmers this year, in

anticipation of fetching higher prices once the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) starts buying

from them.

http://www.meteo.go.ke


WFP and cooperating partners carried out general food distributions in pastoral and agropastoral livelihood

zones with the exception of Turkana, Mandera and Tana River counties where delays in endorsement of

the long rains assessment recommendations held up the retargeting of beneficiaries. Distributions in these

counties therefore spilled over into December. Food distributions to households participating in food

assistance for assets (FFA) activities were also completed except for Isiolo and Moyale (Marsabit County);

a volatile security situation restricted access in Moyale.

In the marginal agricultural areas, funds were transferred to households in Taita Taveta and Kitui counties

for asset-creation work completed between May and August. The balance of the cash arrears in all the

four counties (includes Kilifi and Kwale) will be cleared over the next two months. However, WFP has

sufficient resources for cash transfers under FFA only through December. Failing to pay in January 2014

for work carried out in December threatens a fall back into arrears in marginal agricultural areas where

resilience-building projects are being implemented. A disruption of these activities will severely impede the

momentum needed for these communities to build resilience to food security shocks and, for half of them,

to “graduate” in a year or two and enjoy food security and self-sustaining livelihoods.

WFP and Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) received funds from UN’s Central

Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to respond to a locust invasion in Turkana. The locusts wiped out crops

and pastures. FAO’s role was to control the invasion while WFP’s was to provide food assistance to 97,200

people. The food will be distributed in December. In a typical year, December through January is not

considered part of the lean season in pastoral areas, therefore WFP does not normally distribute food.

At the height of the Horn of Africa crisis in 2011, the USAID missions in Kenya, Ethiopia and East Africa

established a Joint Planning Cell (JPC). The objective was to identify new ways of utilizing humanitarian

and development assistance in order to build resilience against food security shocks among chronically

vulnerable populations. In November, the JPC hosted a two-day meeting attended by Kenya’s National

Drought Management Authority, implementing partners and other development partners to share progress

made and discuss opportunities and challenges. The meeting was followed by a two-day field visit to

WFP’s assets creation activities in Isiolo and Turkana.

2. WFP Response in November 2013

Drought Recovery Operation (PRRO 200294)

PRRO 200294: Food and Cash Distributions – November 2013

Beneficiaries Tonnage (mt) Cash transfers (US$

Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned Actual

Food 420,200 261,953

(62%)

5,132 2,469

(48%)

General Food Dis-

tributions (GFD)

Cash 1,000 1,136 (114%)

$6,199 $6,846

(110%)

Food Assistance

for Assets (FFA)

Food 321,800 260,721

(81%)

3,273 2,280

(70%)

Cash 370,000 141,588

(38%)

$2,158,333 $688,312

(32%)

Targeted Supple-

mentary Feeding

(TSFP)*

Food 26,100 24,174

(93%)

195 141

(72%)

TOTAL 1,139,100 689,572

(61%)

8,600 4,889

(59%)

$2,164,532 $695,158

(32%)


WFP reduced the general food rations

given to refugees by 20 percent in

November because of serious under-

funding. The ration cuts will be

maintained in December. Intensive

resource mobilisation efforts locally

and globally, including joint advocacy

with the Office of United Nations High

Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),

had resulted in new pledges totalling

US$12 million by the end of

November. The new contributions,

together with an in-kind contribution

expected to arrive into the country

during the first quarter of 2014 will

allow WFP to distribute full rations

between January and March.

In the first two months of

implementing the biometrics

fingerprinting system, WFP has

reduced the operation's food

requirements and saved 1,640 mt of

food, valued at US$1.65 million. The

second cycle of November saw a 15

percent reduction, with the number of

refugees entitled to food assistance

decreasing from 528,000 to 449,000. WFP expects the figures to stabilize by the end of December. The

‘biometrics project’ went live on 1 October 2013 after several months of testing. It checks the fingerprints

of every person before collecting food during the bi-monthly general food distributions, ensuring that only

legitimate refugees living in the camps are allowed into the distribution centres to collect food. WFP

expects to recoup start-up costs of the biometrics system of US$4.3 million by March 2014, with net

annual savings of US$8 million thereafter.

Refugee Operation (PRRO 200174)

PRRO 200174: Food Distributions – November 2013

Beneficiaries Food tonnage (mt)

Planned Actual Planned Actual

General food distribu-

tions (GFD)

580,000 468,037

(81%)

9,744 5,871

(60%)

Targeted supplementary

feeding (TSF) – moder-

ately malnourished chil-

dren aged 6 to 59 months

15,000 11,559

(77%)

45 23

(51%)

Mother and Child Health

and Nutrition (MCHN) –

Children aged 6 to 23

months

35,000 22,497

(64%)

226 132

(58%)

MCHN – Pregnant & Lac-

tating Women

26,000 26,982

(104%)

74 7 7

(104%)

School meals, including

girls’ take-home rations

71,000 102,355

(144%)

156 97

(62%)

Other feeding pro-

grammes (Hospital, HIV,

TB & other special cases)

4,300 2,588

(60%)

42 12

(29%)

Food for training (youth

from host and refugee

2,000 1,081

(54%)

18 4

(22%)

Food assistance for as-

sets (host communities)

36,000 26,344

(73%)

475 306

(64%)

TOTAL (NO OVERLAP-

PING)

616,000 494,381

(80%)

10,780 6,522

(61%)


On 10 November, Kenya, Somalia and UNHCR signed a tripartite agreement to repatriate Somali refugees

living in Kenya. The agreement provides a legal framework for their safe, dignified and voluntary

repatriation and reintegration in Somalia over the next three years. As a follow-up, delegations from the

Kenyan and Somali governments visited Dadaab refugee camps on 22-23 November to discuss the

implications of the tripartite agreement. In addition, UNHCR and the Government of Kenya government

(Department of Refugee Affairs) are preparing for the return of the first group of Somalis. A return

support package is under discussion that would contain the necessary food and non-food items for the

journey home.

During November 1,197 mothers exited from the fresh foods vouchers (FFV) programme after completing

their third month of breastfeeding. WFP and partners enhanced monitoring of price and market through

the introduction of ‘mystery shoppers’ who presented themselves to traders as ordinary customers rather

than as programme monitors. The market information monitoring indicated that prices have not varied

outside the normal seasonal trends, and that the markets have been able to meet the increased demand

for fresh foods created by the voucher programme. Participating traders are now compelled to display

their prices at their stalls to enhance the transparency and accountability to beneficiaries.

WFP has adjusted the school meals beneficiary

figures upwards from 600,500 to 770,000 in

line with the recently updated enrolment

figures from the Ministry of Education Science

and Technology (MOEST). These figures will

be maintained up to the end of the current

Country Programme (CP) in June 2014, but

further adjustments are envisaged under new

Country Programme (July 2014 – June 2018)

due to annual population growth and

enrolment increases.

Following successful national-level consultations on the new Country Programme, WFP commenced

county-level consultations on 22 November. The consultations are aimed at enabling WFP to align its

capacity development and augmentation activities with food security and nutrition priorities as well as

capacity gaps identified by counties in the extremely arid regions. The consultations will be concluded in

early 2014.

Country Programme (CP106680)

Food distributions – November 2013 The Ministry of Education provide termly rather than monthly reports for school meals. The figures estimates for third school term that ended in No-vember Beneficiaries Tonnage (mt)

Planned Actual Planned Actual

School meals 770,000 730,135 (95%)

7,618 6,384 (84%)

HIV & AIDS 4,000 2,666 (67%)

36 22 (61%)

Fresh Food Vouchers Beneficiar-

ies

Vouchers Distributed to the Women Vouchers Redeemed at the Bank

Women

served with

vouchers

Popula-

tion (H/H

Members)

No of

Vouchers

Value in

KES

Value in

US$

No of

vouchers

Value in

KES

Value in

US$

November 8,855 44,275 67,932 9,017,672 105,966 20,082 2,656,920 31,221

Cumulative

(Aug – Nov)

33,511 167,555 258,202 34,276,208 395,805 209,495 27,801,406 319,751


In November, WFP handed over four small-scale grain

mills (posho mills) valued at US$9,900 (KES 851,000) to

four farmer organizations representing 327 smallholder

farmers in Nandi, Kakamega, Uasin Gishu and Trans

Nzoia counties. The posho mills will enable the farmers

to add value to their grains through milling, and thereby

allow them to expand their markets and increase their

incomes. Already one of the farmers’ organizations,

Schemers Community Based Organization in Uasin

Gishu, has found a new market of supplying maize meal

to a local secondary school. The groups have

established committees to manage the milling

operations.

WFP’s current six-month shortfall (December 2013 to May 2014) for operations in Kenya is US$84.7

million including outstanding loans.

PRRO 200294 - Drought Recovery operation: the operation has a gross shortfall of US$31 million, of

which US$14.1 is for cash transfers. Furthermore, the operation is still low on funds required particularly to

support non-food items for FFA and capacity strengthening.

PRRO 200174 - Refugee operation: Beginning on 1 November, WFP was forced to reduce food rations

to close to half a million refugees in the Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps due to lack of resources. The

ration cuts of about 20 percent in November and December have enabled WFP to stretch existing food

stocks to last through the end of the year. Since then, some new contributions have been received, and

together with an in-kind donation expected in early 2014, will enable WFP to provide full rations between

January and March. The six-month funding shortfall is US$45.7 million.

CP 106680 - Country Programme: As of 30 November, the school meals component had a resourcing

gap of US$8 million over the next six months received from the WFP’s Working Capital Finance (WCF – an

internal loan system) will meet the needs of the first school term and will be repaid from an expected cash

contributions.

3. Resourcing and Pipeline Summaries (December 2013 to May 2014 )

Purchase for Progress (P4P)

One of the posho mills provided to farmer organizations to promote value addition

PHOTO: WFP/Rose Ogola


0

2

4

6

Dec-13 Jan-14 Feb-14 Mar-14 Apr-14 May-14 Jun-14

PRRO 200294 - Drought Operation - Cash Transfers (US$ Millions)

Needs Shortfalls

-

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000


PRRO 200174 - Refugee Operation - Food in mt

Needs Shortfalls

-

5,000

10,000

15,000

Dec-13 Ja n-14 Feb-14 M ar-14 Apr-14 May-14 Jun-14

CP 106680- Country Programme- Food in mt

Needs Shortfalls

Resource shortfalls

for food distributions

over the six months

period are US$17

million including un-

paid advances)

Shortfalls for cash

transfers in FFA are

US$14 million.

The shortfalls for the

refugee operation

are US$45.7 million,

including unpaid ad-

vance requests

Six months resource

shortfalls for the

Country Pro-

gramme are US$8

million mostly for

the school meals

-

2,500

5,000

7,500

10,000


PRRO 200294 - Drought Operation - Food Distributions (mt)

Needs Shortfalls

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