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𝐆𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐔𝐆𝐄𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐄, 𝐀𝐒 𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐆𝐆𝐋𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐂𝐄𝐒

The exact number of refugees in Kenya remains unknown, a situation revealed during a high-level forum on refugee affairs organized by the National Assembly's Regional Development Committee in Mombasa.

During the forum, the Commissioner for Refugee Affairs, Mr. John Burugu, disclosed that the country's current refugee database is managed solely by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), with data stored in Hungary.

𝐌𝐏𝐒 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐎 𝐅𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐄𝐍'𝐒 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐀𝐒 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐘 𝐆𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐄

The Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs has outlined diplomatic and security measures to protect fishermen from harassment and detainment of by Ugandan authorities at the Kenya-Uganda border areas of Lake Victoria.

𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐋𝐔𝐗 𝐎𝐅 𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐔𝐆𝐄𝐄𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐘, 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐒

Refugee Host Communities of Kakuma (Turkana Cunty) and Dadaab (Garissa County) Refugee Camps have decried ‘unfair’ treatment due to scarcity of resources.

Regional Development Committee has heard that host communities for refugees living in the country are deprived off basic needs.

𝐌𝐏𝐒 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍

The National Assembly has given its nod to the Kenya Drugs Authority Bill (2022), which establishes a comprehensive legal framework for the regulation of health products and technologies in Kenya.

The Bill establishes the Kenya Health Products and Technologies Regulatory Authority (KHPTA). The authority will replace the Kenya Drugs Authority and will have a broader mandate, overseeing a wider range of health products including medical devices, radiopharmaceuticals, herbal medicines, cosmetics, clinical trials, and digital health technologies.

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