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The expected preparedness and Response Sectoral Needs and Gaps

Through the Kenya Humanitarian forum and government of Kenya contingency plan, various preparedness and response gaps have been identified as listed below.

Food Security and Livelihoods

• Expanded school feeding programme to reach all children affected by the various emergencies.
• Food distribution to affected households.
• Cash transfers for the affected households. Provision of cash transfers to support households in acquiring their most urgent needs to enable them to cope with the situation.
• Provision of subsidized planting and top-dressing fertilizer to households in affected areas.
• Provision of certified seeds: Provision of Local/indigenous and high value crops

Livestock sector

• RVF awareness creation training and planning
• Control and surveillance of emerging livestock diseases: Rift Valley Fever (RVF) and others.
• Procurement and administration of RVF Vaccines
• Restocking / redistribution (Livestock market)

Health and Nutrition Sector

• Health promotion – awareness about waterborne diseases and how to keep safe
• Provision of treated mosquito nets to mothers and children under five years
• Indoor residual spraying will be conducted in malaria epidemic counties.

Requirements

Education

• Rapid assessment on children affected by the floods (disaggregated by gender); and education facilities and learning materials
• Provision of makeshift schools (tents) and learning materials
• Support children with scholastic materials
• To rehabilitate collapsed school infrastructure to minimise disruption of learning.
• Provision of teaching/learning materials including education kits and recreational kits.
• Advocacy: ensure that child protection concerns are addressed in flood areas.

WASH Sector

• Provision of water treatment chemicals and testing kits
• Undertake early recovery and rehabilitation of destroyed WASH infrastructure. Provision of storage tanks (collapsible and plastic) at strategic positions.
• Procure spare parts, service, and repair damaged gensets. Relocation of water supply points
• Sanitation and hygiene promotion and proper disposal of dead carcasses
• Rehabilitation of dams, pans, and shallow wells

Shelter and Non-Food Item sector

• Family Kits and dignity kits to take care of the affected households.
• Mosquito nets, blankets, malaria drugs, nutrition supplies for the vulnerable groups, household water treatment due to fecal contamination.
• Sheltering the flood victims temporarily
• Need for relocation to safer places
• Need to establish alternative routes
• Construction of houses after the floods