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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.
WFP Kenya Update: November 2013 20 December 2013
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%)
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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%)
WFP Kenya Update: November 2013 20 December 2013
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
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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$8 million over the next six months received from the WFP’s Working Capital Finance (WCF – an
internal loan system) will meet the needs of the first school term and will be repaid from an expected cash
contributions.
3. Resourcing and Pipeline Summaries (December 2013 to May 2014 )
Purchase for Progress (P4P)
One of the posho mills provided to farmer organizations to promote value addition
PHOTO: WFP/Rose Ogola
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0
2
4
6
Dec-13 Jan-14 Feb-14 Mar-14 Apr-14 May-14 Jun-14
PRRO 200294 - Drought Operation - Cash Transfers (US$ Millions)
Needs Shortfalls
-
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
Dec-13 Jan-14 Feb-14 Mar-14 Apr-14 May-14 Jun-14
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
Dec-13 Jan-14 Feb-14 Mar-14 Apr-14 May-14 Jun-14
PRRO 200294 - Drought Operation - Food Distributions (mt)
Needs Shortfalls