Post Election Violence 2007-2008

1. Post Election Violence 2007-2008 Presentation by Abbas Gullet, Secretary General, Kenya Red Cross, To PNS Meeting On 30th January 2008, at Kenya Red Cross Hq

2. Electoral Violence Brief • Tension and violence weeks before General Elections. • Violence erupted after declaration of Presidential results on 30th December 2007. • Pockets of Kenya affected by violence with Rift Valley as worst affected. Other areas are, Nairobi, Nyanza, Western, Central and Coast provinces. • 261,830 IDPs in about 300 camps countrywide. • Thousands of IDPs also housed in other households. • More displacements in Nakuru, Naivasha, Kuresoi, Mau Summit, Molo, Aldai, Kipkelion and parts of Rift Valley. • Renewed tension following revenge attacks.

3. Over 863 dead so far, thousands injured. • Property, crops, businesses looted, burnt, destroyed. • Attacks also targeted religious institutions. • Most vulnerable are women, pregnant women, children, elderly, the sick and PLHIV. • People suffering from diarrhoeal diseases, malaria, pneumonia, respiratory tract infections, injuries, etc. • Most IDPs are lacking food, clothing, shelter, water, transportation. • Government mandated Red Cross to lead response.

4. Relief • Needs assessments ongoing countrywide. • Distributed 7,252 MT of relief food items and 148,194 people (24,699 families) received Non-Food items. • Distributed relief food and non-food items countrywide. That is, Nairobi and environs, North and South Rift, Nyanza, Western, Central and Coast. • In Nairobi, most affected areas are in informal settlements in Mathare, Kibera, Korogocho, Huruma and Dandora. • Also, Limuru, Tigoni, Kikuyu, Kabete and Karura are holding IDPs.

5. Red Cross Action(Cont…)ReliefRelief food and non-food distribution

6. Red Cross Action (Cont…) Tracing • Conducted Tracing Service in the affected areas • Tracing personnel assisting Ministry of Health in identifying bodies at mortuaries. • Re-united 240 cases. • There are hundreds of un-accompanied minors.

7. Red Cross Action (Cont…) Health • Three ERU health clinics and mobile units ongoing in Nakuru, Eldoret and Kisumu. • Activities: • Rapid assessment and evacuation • First Aid and medical evacuation • Identification of sexual assault survivors and referrals • Identification and service to special groups • surveillance of disease epidemics • Referrals mainly from injuries • Mass vaccination against measles • Nutrition and de-worming

8. Red Cross Action(Cont…) Health Patients reached; • Health education and promotion – 51,009 • Out patient treatment – 15,033 • Vaccination – 3,934

9. Red Cross Action(Cont…) Psychosocial Support • 54,305 people received psychosocial counselling countrywide. • Focus on relocation, lost family members, sexual assault survivors. • Assessment of psychosocial needs ongoing countrywide. • 30 team members operating in Western, Nairobi, Rift Valley. • Over 300 counsellors countrywide. • Clients that require special attention referred to identified centres.

10. Red Cross Action (cont…) WatSan • Construction of toilets and bathrooms • Installation of bladder tanks for water storage • Sourcing and coordination of water trucking and water connection from main pipeline. • Conducting hygiene promotion training sessions. • Carrying out spontaneous water quality testing. • Distribution of chlorination tablets and flocculation powder sachets • Handling of refuse

11. Red Cross Action (cont…) WatSan

12. Red Cross Action (cont…) Capacity Building • Improved IT infrastructure in Eldoret, Bungoma, Mombasa, Nakuru and Kisumu to aid in communication and regular updates. • Competent staff recruited and deployed. • Large pool of volunteers drawn from our Branches to assist in the affected areas. • General public and corporate sector volunteered. • Working with over 700 volunteers. • Branch capacities improved with office equipment.

13. National Appeal Needs • Assistance to 500,000 people for one month for Ksh 957,127,906 • Cash Donations. • Food – Maize, beans, unimix, cooking oil • Non-food items – Tarpaulins, kitchen sets, bars of soap, mosquito nets, blankets, jerricans. • Health intervention – Latrines, clean water, mosquito nets, aqua tabs • Logistics support • Tracing of missing persons.

14. Coordination • Kenya Red Cross working with government and other partners through established structures under Sudden Onset, KFSM and OP/PS meetings. • ICRC, IFRC and PNSs are key partners in the relief effort. Support includes, funding, non-food items, logistics support and human resources. • Other partners include UN agencies, NGOs such as AMREF, World Vision, Alliance of Churches, Action Against Hunger, Jamii Bora, MSF, AMPATH, Action Aid, Ogre Foundation and many others

15. ICRC support to KRCS • Provided technical assistance and expertise in Tracing, Water and Sanitation, logistics and security. • Delivered 16 MT BP 5 (a nutritional supplement) in Nakuru, Kisumu • Delivered 16,500 kits of household items to Bungoma, Eldoret, Kisumu, Mombassa, Nakuru and Nyeri for distribution. • Water and sanitation equipment such as tools, tap stands and bladders, water purification material. • Provided 3 medical kits to treat 300 weapon wounded patients, and 300 additional Kgs of medical material and consumables. • Deployed 19 trucks and trailers to transport material, and additional vehicles. • Deployed two ICRC planes and one helicopter to deliver supplies and personnel. • Installed rub hall tents in Bungoma and Kisumu. • ICRC deployed full time staff to work with KRCS in Kisumu, Eldoret and Nakuru. • Deployed surgical team to assist staff at the Moi Hospital and forensic team to Eldoret morgue.

16. Resource Mobilization Appeal of Ksh 957,127,906 (US$13,673,255) • Pledges and funds realized: Ksh 618,176,976 (US$ 8,831,100) • Corporate Sector and general public support is Ksh 92 million. Support from: • Government of Kenya line ministries • Chinese Embassy • WFP,UNICEF, WHO • PNSs • Australian High Commission • ICRC • USAID • Paul Allen Foundation • Barclays Bank • Safaricom • General public • Others

17. Challenges • Insecurity contributed to access difficulties. • Vastness of the problem (countrywide). • Trenches and road blocks in some parts of the country. • Slow response to funding. • Complex emergency - from post-election violence to class and land clashes. • Nearness to informal settlements in the cities have caused challenges to humanitarian action. • Uncoordinated effort by NGOs not present on the ground prior to emergency. • Traumatised beneficiaries and humanitarian workers. • Flare ups and revenge attacks.

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