Mission

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ACTIVITY REPORT

Region Upper Eastern Region

Branch Isiolo.

Activity name Registration and distribution of NFIs to beneficiaries affected

by police Operation on disarmament of Ngaremara community,
Isiolo County.
Number of People 1,000 households.
Affected
Disaggregated by
Gender and Disability
Dates of 8th December -11th December,2020
Travel/Activity
Location Of Ngaremara, Daaba Juu, Daaba Center and Nakuprat Villages.
registration and
Distribution.
Report Written By Dickson Mwangangi
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Detailed report of mission:

1. Mission Itinerary
Date Time Activity Person
responsible
8/12/2020
9.00 am- Conducting assessment on the KRCS RLO
5.00pm affected areas /KRCS Driver

9/12//2020 Doing registration of KRCS

9.00am-
beneficiaries by use of KRCS Staffs/KRCS
5.00pm
collect in Daaba Center. Volunteers
10/12/2020 Registration of beneficiaries in
KRCS
9.00 am- Daaba Center and Daaba Juu.
Staffs/KRCS
5.00pm Distribution of NFIs in Daaba
Volunteers
Center and Daaba Juu.
11/12/2020 Registration of beneficiaries in
Nakuprat KRCS
9.00am-
Distribution of NFIs to Staffs/KRCS
5.00pm
beneficiaries in Daaba Juu and Volunteers
Nakuprat villages.

2. Background
The arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL) in Kenya experience climate change and climate
variability. This is manifested in accelerated frequencies and intensities of extreme
weather events (mainly drought and floods). These when combined with underlying
vulnerabilities result in conflict, high levels of insecurity, malnutrition and related
illnesses including deaths, diminished livelihood productivity as well as shelter
destruction. Isiolo County is among the ASAL counties in Kenya and is largely
inhabited by nomadic pastoralist communities.
Based on this, a resource-based conflict arose between the Turkana and Meru herders
(community) over pasture and water at Ayanae Akali Area approximately 40 KM
from Isiolo at Aragot dam where confrontation between the two communities
necessitated intervention by the Kenya Police officers. During the process, twelve
security officers were injured after they were ambushed by the Turkana Community.
After the ambush, the situation escalated to Ngaremara ward where the police started
an operation to disarm the community as well as maintain peace. Excessive force has
been seen to be utilised by the Kenya Police Forces where they have torched 6 houses,
two motorbikes, taken an approximate of 2403 cows. The operation has been planned
to be conducted over the next one month.
Majority of the residents have not been staying in their houses out of fear of attacks
by the police. Approximately 100 women and children are sleeping at the Ngaremara
Catholic Mission Facility while majority of the other population are choosing to sleep
in the forest. In the heat of the police operation and the displacement of people, there
have been reports of missing persons in two villages, Ariama Awoi village which has
reported 23 missing persons (12 female and 11 male) and Chumvi Yare village
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missing 12 persons (6 female and 6 male). Most of the missing persons are the aged
and the people living with disability. The following table illustrates the approximate
number of households affected in the villages where the operation is on-going.

No Name of Village Number of Households

Daaba Juu 200
Daaba Center/Etop 250
Nakuprat 100
Nathuroi 100
Zebra/Kona 150
Aragea/Ngaremara 200

Mission proceedings

The aim of the mission was to biometrically register and distribute NFIs to the 1,000
targeted beneficiaries who were affected by the conflict in Ngaremara ward.The
beneficiary mobilisation were done at the village level whereby the chiefs with the
help of Assistant County Commissioner in Ngaremara ward played a very key role in
ensuring that the selected beneficiaries were at the registration/distribution points at
the required time. The selected beneficiaries were requested to turn for the registration
process with their original IDs for validation purposes.
During the registration process, the KRCS collect app was used to collect the
beneficiaries’ data which was then shared with the HQ IT team for validation. To
fasten the registration exercise, the field team consisted of 10 volunteers who were
supported by 2 CHVs to conduct registration in the villages. On the first day, the team
consisting of KRCS RLO, a volunteer and the driver visited the affected areas where
they conducted assessments on the affected region. This aimed at identifying the most
affected regions in the area based on which registration and distribution of NFIs
would be conducted. On the second day, the team managed to conduct registration of
(-HHs) in Daaba Center village. On the third day, the registration continued in Daaba
Center and Daaba Juu villages where (-HHs) were registered. (-Dignity kits) were
distributed to the affected househods in both villages. The last day the activity was
conducted in Nakuprat village the remaining (-HHs) were registered. On the same
day, the distribution of NFIs were done in Nakuprat. The exercise came to an end
successfully and the beneficiaries thanked Kenya Red Cross for their immediate
response guided by the priorities of the victims.
During the entire process the team ensured that social distancing was observed. In
nutshell, the beneficiaries were mobilised in their respective villages, registration was
conducted, the synched data was cleaned. During the distribution days, the NFIs were
offloaded from the vehicles and each beneficiary items were arranged at a distance of
1.5m apart. Then the beneficiaries were validated by use of their IDs then distribution
done.
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The total quantities of NFIs distributed to 521 registered households were as given in
the table below.

No. of No. of HHs in No. of HHs in

Number of households HHs in Daaba Juu Nakuprat
affected in each Daaba
Village versus the Center
quantity of NFIs
Distributed
Kitchen Sets
10 10 33
Tarpaulins
20 20 66
Bar soaps
20 20 66
Collapsible jericans
20 20 66
Sleeping mats
20 20 66
Blankets 20 20 66
Water Purifier 20 20 66

3. Challenges
 The displacement of people from their villages has disrupted health delivery
services to the affected population. Children who were previously enrolled in
supplementary feeding programs and malnutrition cases in various health
facilities located in the affected villages have their rations and clinics
disrupted.
 The population in the affected areas have no sanitation facilities which has
resulted to a lot of open defecation posing as a potential risk of outbreak of
diarrhoea related diseases
 The trauma arising from the disarmament exercise has caused mental health
issues for the children and women.
 Majority of the community members seemed not to adhere to COVID-19 IPC
measures mostly use of face masks but the KRCS team ensured that social
distancing was adhered to.

4. Recommendations

 It is important to emphasize on healthcare delivery to the affected

communities by increasing the supply of NFIs to the affected hospitals and
households.
 Supply of clean water by constructing boreholes and improving community
sensitization on the importance of hygiene is crucial in promoting high quality
sanitation practices.
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 There is need to offer psychosocial support to the affected families to

help the fight through the trauma brought about by the attacks.
 Need for continuous COVID-19 sensitization in remote villages on behaviour
change and encourage community members to observe the IPC measures.

5. Action plan

Action Point(s) Person responsible (name Timelines

& title)
Maurice-RM,UER Soonest Possible
The mission Report to be HQ relevant team
shared with the relevant
personnel.

Name and Signature of Person compiling the Report Date

Dickson Mwangangi 22-10-2020

Name and Signature of Person Approving the Report Date

Felix Waihenya 04-10-2020

ANNEX
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Fig.1: One of the torched motorbikes.

Fig. 2: One of the burnt shelters.