On 31 Jan.a high level delegation from the International Olympic Committee visited KK to explore possibility for refugees participation in the RIO Olympics 2016

Team from IKEA Foundation and UNHCR Private Sector in Geneva visited KK from 04 to 06 February.Mission familiarized with the development plan of Kalobeyei site.

UNHCR Head of Private Sector Fundraising, Christian Schaake was in Kakuma on 29 Feb. The mission’s aim was to familiarize with the operation/funds requirements.

Int. Women’s Day was celebrated in KK on 08 March as global them of “Gender Equality 50/50 by 2030” & was colorfully attended by UNHCR, refugees/partners/Gov.

Premier Skills,a joint program by English Premier League and the British Council was in KK from 21-23 March to meet & train refugees/host com. sport coaches.

A Oxford University team was in KK from 11-18 April to prepare the ground for a research on refugee/host community economies that will start later in the year.

On 25 April, UK Sec.of State for Int.Development - Justine Greening visited Kakuma, accompanied by Turkana County Governor Nanok & UNHCR Rep. Raouf Mazou

The relocation of people into the new Ifo Extension, which began on 25 July, is continuing. So far, UNHCR and its partners have moved nearly 18,000 refugees into the part of Ifo Extension formerly referred to as Ifo 3.

Some 259 refugees relocated from the outskirts of Dagahaley to Ifo II on 18 August. Simulteneously, the exercise to relocate refugees from the outskirts of Ifo to the Ifo 3 part of the extension continues.

On 11 August Kakuma was inundated with torrential rains which caused flooding in various parts of the camp and surrounding areas. Many refugee shelters were destroyed and dykes and river banks were severely eroded in a number of locations placing refugees and humanitarian workers at risk. A vehicle ferrying passengers from Lokichoggio to Kakuma was washed away while trying to cross a seasonal river in Turkana West District, and 8 people lost their lives; it is believed that some among the dead were Sudanese on their way to Kakuma to seek asylum.