Africa Rise And Shine

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has announced that Kenya will not shut down Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps but rather seek solutions. Grandi who was in Kenya to ascertain the refugee situation in the region added that the government of Kenya would continue to provide hospitality to refugees, but that it wants a strategy in place on how to manange the camps. This comes after Kenya's High Court suspended the move by government to shut down the camps that hold hundreds of thousands of refugees from war-torn neighboring countries. Kenyan Authorities have insisted the refugee camps pose a security threat. To get a sense where the discussions are in as far as the future of the two camps is concerned, Zikhona Miso spoke to Irungu Houghton, Head of Amnesty's International Kenya Office, listen…