Residents around Kakuma Refugee Camp and Kalobeyei Integrated Settlement are facing strained services due to increased refugee hosting pressures and dwindling humanitarian aid, despite the launch of the Shirika Plan aimed at integrating refugees into urban municipalities.

• The Shirika Plan, launched in March 2025, seeks to transition over 830,000 refugees and host-community members from aid dependency to inclusive development.
• Turkana County authorities attribute the current crisis, including water shortages and overcrowded services, to inadequate funding and advocate for direct funding from the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA).
• Funding cuts from sources like USAID are impacting the implementation of the Shirika Plan, affecting staff numbers and program delivery, as noted by Kenya's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Mr Erastus Ekitela Lokaale.