The announcement by Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho that the Government has disbanded the Department of Refugee Affairs and will close down Kakuma and Dadaab refugee camps in due course, spells doom for thousands of refugees. There is no doubt that some of these refugee camps like Dadaab have posed security risks ever since we became a soft target for terror attacks. But on humanitarian grounds, it will be catastrophic to close the camps. Not only will such a move put it on a collision course with the UNHCR but many other donor countries. These refugees prefer staying in those camps because they are at peace there.

Source: Standard Digital May 10, 2016 23:44 UTC