Kenya: Multi-Sector Needs Assessment (MSNA): Refugee Households (June 2026)

Please refer to the attached file. KEY MESSAGES Most refugee households cannot meet their food needs through current assistance: approximately two thirds experience borderline or poor food consumption, as well as ‘moderate’ hunger, leaving nearly all households reliant on reducing meals, borrowing food and buying on credit to cope. Income from casual labour and humanitarian assistance covers just over a third of what a household needs each month for essential food and non-food items, leaving refugee households reliant on debt and highly exposed to any reduction in assistance or loss of casual work. Access to improved water sources is near-universal, yet most refugee households remain water insecure, particularly in Kalobeyei and Kakuma, as supply falls below UNHCR’s recommended 20 litres of clean water per person per day in all three camps, and fuel shortages disrupt water pumping. Assistance reaches most refugee households, but adequacy varies: 57% said it met the majority of their most important needs, while a third (33%) said it met only a few or none, mainly because the assistance received was considered insufficient.

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