Behind the Scenes, Kenya IDP Report - Danish Refugee Council

AcknowledgementsThis documentation study was commissioned by the Refugee Consortium of Kenya (RCK) and theDanish Refugee Council’s Great Lakes Civil Society Project. The study was undertaken and compiled intwo phases. The first phase of collecting primary and secondary data, compiling the findings and writingthe report was done by Davis M. Malombe. The second phase of writing and finalising the report was doneby Joseph Omolo in consultation with the Study Advisory Group (SAG).The process of conducting the study and the compilation of this final report immensely benefited fromthe guidance, review, support and supervision of the SAG. The SAG was made up of staff from the RefugeeConsortium of Kenya (Lucy Kiama – Executive Director, Leila Muriithia – Senior Programme Officer,Rufus Karanja – Programme Officer, Ad-vocacy and Riva Jalipa - Associate Programme Officer, Advocacy)and the Danish Refugee Council (Alexandra Bilak – Programme Manager, Great Lakes CivilSociety Project and Pauline Wesolek – Programme Officer, Great Lakes Civil Society Project). The StudyAdvisory Group also played a key role in providing technical, logistical and administrative support for thestudy.RCK and DRC extend their gratitude to all the partners and members of the Protection Working Group onInternal Displacement, including those at the field level who were interviewed for the study. RCK thanksall the internally displaced persons who were interviewed for this study in Nakuru, Eldoret and Kitale.Their practical experience and knowledge significantly supported the findings of this study.Finally, RCK and DRC thank the Kenya Government officials, in particular Michael Nyamai (MoSSP),Joseph Gitonga (MoJNCCA), Members of Parliament including Hon. Ekwe Ethuro as the Chair of thePSC, Hon. Sophia Abdi as the Chair of the LSWC and other international partners who agreed to be interviewedfor this study and who have been closely involved in the policy development process.IIBehind the Scenes – Lessons Learnt from Developing a National Policy Framework on Internal Displacement in KenyaIII