Outlook for March – April – May (MAM) 2023 The Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) released the March - April - May 2023 Seasonal Weather Forecast, which anticipated that below-average rainfall is expected over the Lake Victoria Basin, Highlands West of the Rift Valley, Central Rift Valley, Highlands East of the Rift Valley (including Nairobi County), [...]
During times of crisis, we too appreciate that its only facts that matter most. A biological hazard is one among many hazards outlined in the National Emergency Response Plan and SOPs 2014. On declaration of a global pandemic, therefore, these other hazards do not cease to exists, nor do their probability of occurrence decrease. The [...]
The current COVID 19 pandemic posed a complex and multidimensional public health emergency that required a coordinated manner for effective response and management. It highlighted how critical and effective Disaster Risk Reduction is, and the need to mainstream it into the development agenda. In advancing this conversation and many others, the National Disaster Management Unit [...]
The novel coronavirus 2019 was declared a global public health emergency and then a pandemic by the World Health Organization. On 13th March 2020, the Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Health (MoH) issued a statement confirming the first case of Covid 19 in Kenya. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered [...]
