CRS worker says agencies won't evacuate amid rising tension in Kenya

Published: 2008-02-01

NAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) -- A church aid worker said Catholic aid agencies in Kenya will not evacuate their staff, but he expressed concern over the increasing insecurity across the country. "We will continue to keep a close eye on security issues and take action accordingly," said Ken MacLean, Kenya country representative for the U.S. bishops' Catholic Relief Services. MacLean told Catholic News Service Jan. 30 that "CRS has staff members monitoring the situation in four of the most affected towns -- Kisumu, Nakuru, Eldoret and Kericho." Insecurity is at times preventing field visits, he said. But CRS, Caritas Kenya and the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development will not evacuate their workers, he said. CAFOD is the aid agency of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales; Caritas Kenya is the local affiliate of Caritas Internationalis, an international umbrella group of Catholic aid agencies.

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