As at 04 June 2015, Kakuma had received 46,000 asylum seekers from South Sudan. As at 01 June 184,108 refugees and asylum seekers had been registered by UNHCR and DRA, with South Sudanese refugees making up 50.1% of the total camp population.
The Deputy Representative, Wella Kouyou is on mission in Kakuma from 03 to 05 June 2015. Mr. Kouyou is in Kakuma to familiarize himself with the operation, which has grown significantly since he was last here in the nineties as a Community Services Officer. The Deputy Representative will visit among others, the proposed site for the new camp, facilities in Kakuma 4 and observe the food distribution activities. He has met and engaged the refugee community leaders and will also meet UNHCR’s partners.
WFP has announced an impending food ration cut of 30% from mid-June onwards. Following ration cuts in 2013 and 2014 WFP has continued to experience difficulties to mobilise sufficient resources for the refugee operation. The available resources would only meet food requirements up to the end of July. The situation for June-September would be reviewed if WFP receives substantial new contributions from donors.
A team from the World Bank is in Kakuma for a period of 8 weeks; the team will be conducting assessments in both the refugee and host communities to identify possibilities for economic integration and livelihoods. This follows the roundtable discussion that was held with UNHCR, World Bank and the County Government in Lodwar in 2014 regarding economic development in Turkana County.