DROUGHT IN KENYA AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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DROUGHT IN KENYA AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• ABASS A.M
• Arid Lands Resource Management Project,
• SPECIAL PROGRAMMES,OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

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DROUGHTS IN KENYA

• In the last 40 years 9 droughts were recorded.
• 1971,1975,1977
• 1980,1983/84
• 1991/1992,1995/1996,1999/2000
• 2004/2005
• The ASALs are the areas most prone to drought

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ASAL RESOURCES

• 80 of Kenya's landmass is ASAL
• Account for more than 80 of eco-tourism
  interests in the country
  
• 50 of the national livestock is in the ASALs
• 25 of the countrys human population live in
  the ASALs

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ASAL PROBLEMS

• Have the highest incidence of poverty averaging
  about 65 and very low access to basic services.
  
• Recurrent droughts
• Poor Livestock marketing opportunities
• Inadequate infrastructural development
• Livestock monoculture
• Improper Land tenure and Natural Resource
  Management
  
• conflicts
• Access to water
• Lack of educational infrastructures Quality
  education
  
• HIV/AIDS pandemic

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CURRENT DROUGHT RELATED INTERVENTIONS

• The Kenya government in collaboration with donors
  initiated several projects and institutions to
  protect lives and livelihoods in drought prone
  communities. E.g. DPIR,ALRMP
• Established a credible Drought Early Warning
  System
  
• Established District and National institutions to
  plan and respond to droughts (DSG and KFSM)
  
• Community Based Food Aid Targeting

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ORGANISATIONS ENGAGED IN DROUGHT
INTERVENTION,DEVELOPMENT AND ADVOCACY PROGRAMS IN
THE ASAL AREAS

• GOK Ministries
• ACTION AID
• AMREF
• AU-IBAR
• Catholic Justice and Peace Commission
• CARE-KENYA
• Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
• Centre for minority rights development
  (CEMIRIDE)
  
• CDTF
• CORDAID
• DANIDA
• DFID
• European Commission Union
• Farm Africa
• FAO
• FEWS NET
• Food for the Hungry International
• GTZ

• ITDG
• JICA
• Kenya Livestock Marketing Council
• Kenya Freedom From Hunger international
• MSF-Spain, Belgium,France,Holland
• National Aids Control Council
• NORTHERNAID
• OXFAM-GB,,canada
• Pastoralist Thematic Group (PTG)
• Pastoralists Dev. Network (PDN(K)
• Reconcile, CBOs
• RED CROSS
• SNV ,Netherlands Development Organization
• UNDP
• UNICEF
• USAID
• VSF
• WFP
• WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL

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• NATIONAL POLICIES
• Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for the period
  2001-2003
  
• Economic Recovery Strategy Paper for Wealth and
  Employment Creation-2003-2007.Chapter 8.
  
• Interim Investment Programme for the ERSP wealth
  and employment creation 2003-2007
  
• Other specific policies
• National Policy on disaster management-June 2002
• Economic Recovery Programme for North-Eastern
  Province and Isiolo,Marsabit and Moyale
  Districts- Jan.2005
  
• National Policy for the sustainable development
  of Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL )-2005-2010
  

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LESSONS

• The ASALs have the highest incidence of poverty
  and very low access to basic services despite the
  great potential and the numerous interventions
  and actors.
• The government policies on ASAL development has
  to be supported by budgetary allocations in order
  to reduce the national poverty levels.
  
• There is great need for all development actors to
  realign their programmes with the government
  policies through development budget support and
  harmonize their approach in order to accelerate
  development in the ASAL regions of Kenya that are
  prone to drought.