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CAP Implementation in Kenya

CAP Implementation in Kenya. Presented by Roger Ndicu. KMD is a public service in the Ministry of Environment, Water and Mineral Resources; KMD is responsible for the organization and operational management of meteorological services in Kenya;

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CAP Implementation in Kenya

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  1. CAP Implementation in Kenya Presented by Roger Ndicu

  2. KMD is a public service in the Ministry of Environment, Water and Mineral Resources; • KMD is responsible for the organization and operational management of meteorological services in Kenya; • Generating Advisories, Alerts & Warnings is the business of KMD; • Kenya Comprises of 47 Counties; • Each County headed by a County Meteorological Officer or Meteorologist and; • Each County has its own Disaster Management committee. Introduction (1)

  3. CAP was introduced to KMD in 2012; • CAP is currently not in use, however, implementation process going on; • Challenges of implementation • KMD is in the process of coming up with an integrated solution of Alerts production & dissemination; • This integrated solution will also target CAP; • A timeline of CAP implementation has already been drawn. Introduction (2)

  4. Aspects of Alert Message Structure

  5. Meteorological EWS • Tsunami & Seismic EWS • Flood EWS • EWS in the Health Sector • EWS in Agriculture & Food Security Early Warning Systems

  6. ( For Hazards such as Floods, Heavy Rains, strong Winds and Waves) National TV & Radio Local Media Networks RANET Radio Station NMC & RSMC Early Warning County Meteorological Officer(s) Local Disaster Management Committee NMC Alert, Advisories & Warnings Red Cross Office of the President (Advisory Committee) NMC & SWFDP, RSMC-Nairobi

  7. Website maintained by SWFDP team

  8. Alerts & Warnings (Generated from SWFDP Forecast Products)

  9. Warning Reports Recipients Products from SWFDP For Example…17th April 2013 County Meteorological Officer(s) of South Nyanza, Counties of Marsabit, , Meru, Tharaka-Nithi, Narok, Kajiado, Nakuru and Taita Taveta Office of the President (Advisory Committee)

  10. ( For Floods in the Bundalang’i plains- Western Kenya) Local Media Networks Bundalangi RANET FM Radio Station Flood Early Warning System Busia County Meteorological Officer Flood Warnings Office of the President (Advisory Committee) Flood Diagnostics & Forecasting Centre, FDFC-Nairobi Disaster Management Committee (Busia County) Red Cross

  11. Alerts & Warnings (Generated from River Gauge Levels)

  12. National TV & Radio Local Media Networks RANET Radio Station Health Early Warning System County Met. Officer(s) Health Advisories Updates Ministry of Health Local Disaster Management Committee Seasonal Forecaster, NMC-Nairobi Local Health Centers Office of the President (Advisory Committee) Red Cross

  13. National TV & Radio Local Media Networks RANET Radio Station Food & Agri. Early Warning System Food & Agriculture Advisories Updates Ministries in charge of Agriculture, Livestock, Arid lands…etc County Met. Officer(s) Local Disaster Management Committee Seasonal Forecaster, NMC-Nairobi Agricultural Extension Officers Office of the President (Advisory Committee) Red Cross

  14. Siren & Loudspeakers National TV/Radio Networks RANET Radio & Local Media Tsunami & Marine Early Warning Beach Management Units Local Disaster Management Committee County Met. Officer(s) Tsunami Alert or Warning Hotel Operators Kenya Maritime Authority Office of the President (Advisory Committee) Kenya Ports Authority Security Agencies National Tsunami Warning Centre, Nairobi Red Cross

  15. Why More Emphasis on FM Radio ?

  16. (based on population census, 2009) Media Exposure • Radio 74% • Mobile Phones 63% • TV 28% • Computers 3.6%

  17. Alerts & Warnings thro’ RANET Radio • Community based Radio Stations • 4 operating in vulnerable population areas • Effective in Alerts & Warnings dissemination • To be part of the CAP community

  18. Alerts thro’ Mobile Phone Networks “There is an on-going discussion on the capability to send warnings to individual mobile phones in pre-selected areas or zones of utmost concern. The CAP implementation process has renewed the interest”

  19. Mobile Phone Networks TV / Radio Networks Local Radio Stations Proposed Flow of Info thro’ CAP Food & Agri Advisory County Meteorological Officer(s) CAP Tsunami Warning All Disaster Managers Flood Warning Office of the President (Advisory Committee) All Responders Health Advisory Internet, RSS feeds…etc Forecasting Centres, KMD, Nairobi

  20. Need to understand CAP fully • Security of CAP • Identifying partners/Recipients of Alerts • Agreements with the Recipients • Which Alert should be public & personal • Integrate all Alerting systems • Well thought out flow of Advisories & Warnings Concerns…

  21. Status of CAP Implementation

  22. Way Forward…

  23. Thank You !

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