As many of my colleagues concerned with humanitarian issues know. almost all national and multinational humanitarian relief organizations working in the region have retained their headquarters in Nairobi for many years. Kenya consistently has welcomed the humanitarian community and has afforded it the necessary political environment as well as dependable communication and logistical capabilities needed to do its work. Our operations providing emergency food and basic medical care in Somalia and to the refugees of Rwanda have all been headquartered in Nairobi. Many of you are aware of Operation Lifeline Sudan through which the United Nations has airlifted food relief into southern Sudan to the victims of the decadeslong Sudanese civil war. Begun in 1989. this lifesustaining operation could never have been possible. not to mention sustained. if Kenya had not consistently granted permission to the U.N. to base its operations within Kenya at a place called Lokichokio. just inside its border with Sudan.
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