VOA常速英语听力2021年01月（word文本）：Many-Remained.doc

JoeDeCapua

January02,2021

AlotofpeopleweredisplacedinKenyain2022.Ayear-endreportsayshundredsofthousandsremainedorwerenewlydisplacedbymanycauses.

TheInternalDisplacementMonitoringCentersaysdisplacementisnotnewtoKenya.Sinceindependencein1963,itsaysthecountryhasbeencaughtina“quagmireofarmedconflict,localizedviolence,suddenandslowonsetdisasters,politicalfactorsanddevelopmentprojects.”Thisincludesviolencetriggeredbyethnicity,landandwaterresources,cattleanddrought.

ClareSpurrell,thecenter’schiefspokesperson,calledita“toxiccocktail”ofconditionswithinKenya.

“Thesituationin2022iscomplicated.Obviously,thesituationinKenyawithregardstodisplacementhasbeencomplicatedformanyyears.Atthebeginningof2022itwasestimatedthatsome300,000peopleremaineddisplacedwithinthecountry.AndbytheendofNovemberitwasestimatedthatabout118,000hadbeennewlydisplaced,”shesaid.

However,shesaid,thosefiguresdon’ttellthewholestory.

“What’simportant,Ithink,torecognizewiththesefiguresisthattheytendtobeagrossunderestimation.Andthereasonforthatisthatthere’sarealdistinctlackofformalprocesseswithinKenyabytheirnationalauthoritiestoreallyidentifyandunderstandIDPs–wheretheyare,whotheyareandwhattheyneed,”shesaid.

SpurrellsaidthatKenyahaslackedanadequateprofilingsystem.Butanewpolicyhasjusttakeneffecttobetterhelptheinternallydisplaced.However,she’sconcernedaboutitsimplementation.SomethingelsethatmayhelpthedisplacedistheKampalaConvention,whichtookeffectinAfricalatelastyear.

“TheKampalaConventionisthefirstcontinentaltreaty,whichaimstoprotectinternallydisplacedpeoplethroughoutthewholecontinentofAfrica.AndKenyaisyettoadoptit.ButtheadvantageofKenyaadoptingit–andwehopeitwilldointhefuture–isthattherewillbemoreofaregional