Table 12:  Kenya ~ GoK District targeting

Total OP relief = enough

(i.e. a reluctance to exclude any areas),

allocation

for % of

though selected Divisions and Locations,

Jul 96 Oct 97 population WFP

like the Districts, were prioritized by

(MT)  

[1]

[2]

[3]

receiving larger quantities and / or more

Garissa

9,135

30%

G

frequent distributions.

Mandera

9,810

37%

G S

NE

Wajir

7,875

26%

G

As far as the study team could establish,

Isiolo

7,056

38%

G

all government relief was distributed free

Kitui

15,615

15%

S

(except in some very localized cases

Machakos

13,005

7%

S

where chiefs had reportedly followed

Marsabit

8,550

38%

G S

N

NGO examples and unilaterally

Meru

1,503

1%

Makueni

12,870

9%

S

organized community works using

STER

Tharaka Nithi

6,120

9%

S

government food aid [Action Aid, Kyuso,

EA

Nyambene

4,860

n/a

Mwingi]).  Among some local authorities

Mwingi

10,080

19%

there is reportedly active hostility to

Moyale

4,815

52%

G

FFW, possibly due to colonial

Mbeere

5,040

17%

S

associations.

Embu

1,413

3%

Kilifi

5,355

5%

Within communities, at the beneficiary 

Lamu

1,845

13%

selection level (Stage 3), there seems to

Taita Taveta

4,185

9%

S

ASTO

Kwale

2,250

3%

have been no effective targeting of

C

Tana River

9,900

27%

government relief.  FEWS repeatedly

Malindi

2,250

9%

warned that blanket distributions were

Kirinyaga

1,350

1%

seriously diluting the impact of

Thika

2,115

7%

L

distributions [FEWS Kenya, Vulnerability

Nyeri

2,655

2%

RA

Updates].  MSF France reported that

Murang a

1,485

1%

NT

lack of targeting of general rations in

Maragua

585

n/a

CE

Samburu was also undermining the

Kiambu

900

0%

effectiveness of its Supplementary

Nyandarua

1,215

2%

Feeding programme [ref 125]. Field

Kajiado

6,120

8%

Laikipia

4,068

7%

observations by staff of various

Uasin Gishu

18

0%

organizations from different parts of the

Baringo

7,110

11%

country echoed the comment of the FAO/

Samburu

8,460

31%

WFP assessment mission:

Turkana

8,100

18%

YE

West Pokot

6,255

11%

 Better targeting of beneficiaries by

Keiyo

3,600

14%

the Office of the President would be

Koibatek

1,845

n/a

an immediate improvement in relief

IFT VALL

Marakwet

2,835

11%

R

Bomet

4,860

6%

assistance. In most of the cases

Nakuru

1,440

1%

reviewed, it was noted by the

Narok

1,620

2%

Mission that while the criteria for the

Trans Mara

1,260

n/a

beneficiaries was well defined,

Nandi

270

n/a

actual distribution covers every

Kericho

270

n/a

individual in the location receiving

Busia

810

8%

the assistance. This meant that

N

Teso

810

n/a

those who really needed food aid

ER

Bungoma

585

0%

ST

Kakamega

360

0%

EW

Mt Elgon

315

n/a

Vihiga

360

0%

Notes on Table 12:

Kisumu

810

0%

[1] Source   Office of the President, Report on GoK

A

Migori

810

1%

allocation plan: Relief maize to drought affected Districts, 7

Z

Suba

810

n/a

October 1997.

Rachu

o

nyo

450

n/a

YAN

[2] total allocation / total district population / 12 kg / 16

N

Siaya

225

n/a

months:  n/a = population figure not available

Homa Bay

225

n/a

[3] Districts targeted under drought EMOP 5803.

Nairobi area

108

n/a

G = general distribution, S = expanded school feeding

TOTAL

218,646

A 40