Presented by

Roger Ndicu

CAP Implementation in Kenya

Introduction (1)KMD is a public service in the Ministry of

Environment, Water and Mineral Resources;KMD is responsible for the organization and

operational management of meteorological services in Kenya;

Generating Advisories, Alerts & Warnings is the business of KMD;

Kenya Comprises of 47 Counties;Each County headed by a County Meteorological

Officer or Meteorologist and;Each County has its own Disaster Management

committee.

Introduction (2)CAP was introduced to KMD in 2012;CAP is currently not in use, however, implementation process going on;Challenges of implementationKMD is in the process of coming up with an integrated solution of Alerts production & dissemination;This integrated solution will also target CAP;A timeline of CAP implementation has already been drawn.

Aspects of Alert Message StructureCAP KMD

Headline/TitleCategoryResponse TypeUrgencySeverityCertaintyMessage DescriptionInstructionArea Description

Early Warning Systems

Meteorological EWSTsunami & Seismic EWSFlood EWSEWS in the Health SectorEWS in Agriculture & Food Security

NMC & RSMC Early Warning

NMC Alert, Advisories &

Warnings

County Meteorological Officer(s)

Local Disaster Management Committee

Office of the President(Advisory Committee)

( For Hazards such as Floods, Heavy Rains, strong Winds and Waves)

National TV & Radio

Local MediaNetworks

RANET Radio Station

Red CrossNMC & SWFDP, RSMC-Nairobi

Website maintained by SWFDP team

Alerts & Warnings (Generated from SWFDP Forecast Products)

HAZARDALERT WARNING

Heavy Rainfall > 30 mm > 50 mm

Coastal Wave Heights > 1.5 meters > 2.0 meters

Hot Conditions > 30 oC > 38 oCCold Conditions < 10 oC < 5 oCWind Speed > 20 Knots > 35 knots

For Example…17th April 2013

County Meteorological Officer(s) of South Nyanza, Counties of Marsabit, , Meru, Tharaka-Nithi, Narok, Kajiado, Nakuru and Taita Taveta

Office of the President(Advisory Committee)

Warning Reports RecipientsProducts from SWFDP

Flood Early Warning System

Flood Warnings

Busia County Meteorological Officer

Disaster Management Committee (Busia County)

Red Cross

Office of the President(Advisory Committee)

Bundalangi RANET FM Radio Station

Local MediaNetworks

( For Floods in the Bundalang’i plains- Western Kenya)

Flood Diagnostics & Forecasting Centre,FDFC-Nairobi

Alerts & Warnings (Generated from River Gauge Levels)

ALERT WARNINGRiver Gauge 4 to 5 meters > 5 meters

Remarks Watch Above this point flooding can occur depending on strength of the dykes

Health Early Warning System

Health Advisories

County Met. Officer(s)

Local Disaster Management Committee

Red Cross

Local Health Centers

Ministry of Health

Office of the President(Advisory Committee)

National TV & Radio

Local MediaNetworks

RANET Radio Station

Seasonal Forecaster, NMC-Nairobi

Updates

Food & Agri. Early Warning System

Food &Agriculture Advisories

County Met. Officer(s)

Local Disaster Management Committee

Ministries in charge of Agriculture, Livestock, Arid lands…etc

Agricultural Extension OfficersOffice of the President

(Advisory Committee)

Red Cross

Seasonal Forecaster, NMC-Nairobi

Updates

National TV & Radio

Local MediaNetworks

RANET Radio Station

Tsunami & Marine Early Warning

Tsunami Alert or Warning

County Met. Officer(s)

Local Disaster Management Committee

Kenya Maritime Authority

Kenya Ports Authority

Security Agencies

Beach Management Units

Hotel Operators

Red Cross

Siren & Loudspeakers

Office of the President(Advisory Committee)

National TV/Radio Networks

RANET Radio & Local Media

National Tsunami Warning Centre, Nairobi

Why More Emphasis on FM Radio ?

Media Exposure(based on population census, 2009)

Radio 74%Mobile Phones 63%TV 28%Computers 3.6%

Alerts & Warnings thro’ RANET Radio

Community based Radio Stations4 operating in vulnerable population areasEffective in Alerts & Warnings disseminationTo be part of the CAP community

Alerts thro’ Mobile Phone Networks

“There is an on-going discussion on the capability to send warnings to individual mobile phones in pre-selected areas or zones of utmost concern. The CAP implementation process has renewed the interest”

Proposed Flow of Info thro’ CAP

Flood Warning

County Meteorological Officer(s)

All Disaster Managers

Tsunami Warning

CAP

All Responders

Internet, RSS feeds…etc

Office of the President(Advisory Committee)

Mobile Phone Networks

TV / Radio Networks

Local Radio Stations

Forecasting Centres, KMD, Nairobi

Health Advisory

Food & Agri Advisory

Concerns…

Need to understand CAP fullySecurity of CAPIdentifying partners/Recipients of AlertsAgreements with the RecipientsWhich Alert should be public & personalIntegrate all Alerting systemsWell thought out flow of Advisories & Warnings

Status of CAP ImplementationSTATUS

Identifying EWS’s in KMDConsolidating all EWSConverting all Alerts and Warnings to the CAP standard formatDevelop an Alerts flow chart using CAPDevelop a CAP community (KMD)Develop a CAP community (outside KMD)CAP Identifiers & Other AttributesFull CAP application

Way Forward…Activity Period

Complete translation of the KMD messages to the CAP Format

May 2013

Complete list of possible CAP community affiliate in Kenya

Sep 2013

CAP Identifiers & Registration Dec 2013CAP trial period for a number of hazards e.g. Floods, Tsunami, Waves

1st half of 2014

Full implementation of CAP 2nd half of 2014

Thank You !