Kenya Displacement - Baseline/Multi-Sectoral Location Assessment [IOM DTM]

During this round, the data collection was conducted in 3 sub-counties of Samburu county in 16 wards across 110 sub-locations covering 686 settlements.

From 16 to 28 January 2023, the DTM team in Kenya has identified 7,879 returnees households, 9,736 arrival households, 4,772 returnee households and 15 foreign national households.

The data collection was conducted across the entire nine sub-counties of Marsabit County in 19 Wards, 134 sub-locations and 1,045 settlements.

The data collection was conducted across the entire three sub-counties of Isiolo County in 10 Wards, 88 sub-locations and 566 settlements.

The assessment was conducted across the entire Turkana County by enumerators in 30 Wards, 174 sublocations and 1,867 settlements. A total of 53 enumerators and five team leaders who are familiar with the local and administrative contexts were locally engaged from each sub-location, through the support of LOKADO. The local enumerators and team leaders were trained by IOM on DTM data collection prior to field deployment. The data collection process was implemented by LOKADO and closely monitored by IOM. The enumerators have accessed 163 sub-locations and carried out face-to-face interviews with the key informants. For the 11 sub-locations that were not accessible due to insecurity, data collection was conducted by interviewing key informants over mobile phones. The assessment has excluded refugee camps in Kakuma to avoid double counting of affected mobile population. For the assessments, 571 key informants were interviewed covering a total of 1,867 settlements in Turkana County.

DTM’s mobility tracking baseline area assessment was conducted in coordination with Garissa County Government, County Commissioner’s office, and NDMA from 5 to 19 September 2022 in Garissa. The assessment was conducted at two levels – ward level and settlement level, using key informant interviews. DTM assessed all 30 wards and 356 settlements in Garissa. Out of the 356 settlements, IOM enumerators could physically access 350 locations and carried out face-to-face interviews with key informants. For the six settlements that were not accessible data collection was conducted by interviewing key informants over the phone. The assessment excluded refugee camps such as Dadaab to avoid double counting of affected mobile population. Information was collected on the following population categories: • Absentees: Residents of the settlement who have left the settlement because of drought (death of animals, lack of food, lack of water, search for services), resource-based conflict, flash floods or seasonal floods, or fires. • Arrivals: Persons who have left their settlement of habitual residence and arrived to the location assessed because of drought (death of animals, lack of food, lack of water, search for services), resource-based conflict, flash floods or seasonal floods, or fires. • Pastoralist drop-outs: Agro-pastoralist who have lost their livestock or whose land has become unproductive and have therefore become destitute. • Returnees: People that had left the settlement due to drought, but came back within the last two years. • Foreign nationals: Non-Kenyan nationals that have arrived in the settlement of assessment because of drought (death of animals, lack of food, lack of water, search for services), resourcebased conflict, flash floods or seasonal floods, or fires This includes migrants who cannot return, continue their journey or who are destitute in the location of assessmen