In the recent kidnapping incident in Dadaab, where I am based just now, a driver was killed and another driver and staff member were shot, one seriously.
The four expatriate hostages, our colleagues from here, Nairobi and Oslo, were eventually rescued by a combination of the Kenya army and Somali warlords after a walk of three nights into Somalia. One was injured; another developed a badly infected foot.
In a recent incident involving a CARE team visiting a camp, five policemen in the escort car were blown up. Two lost their legs. Again they were there to protect agency staff.
Kenyan colleagues say (almost openly) that we put them in danger if we are on missions with them.
The police become victims for us also.
In this context, since I am not allowed to visit the camps just now for security reasons, and have to stay permanently within the secure compound, I am not expecting to be here beyond the end, in September, of the current short contract.
It remains to be seen if I will be deployed elsewhere.
Barry Sesnan
Uganda +256 757 219 288
Kenya +254 734 338 434
Skype: barryechobravo
