; Whereas Kenya has experienced two consecutive seasons of poor rains, causing 12 counties to experience drought conditions and contributing to acute food insecurity for 2,600,000 people; Whereas in Somalia, nearly 6,200,000 people are currently in need of humanitarian assistance, and more than 2,900,000 people are facing crisis or emergency levels of acute food insecurity, including nearly a million children under the age of five; Whereas according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Somalia is the fourth largest source of refugees in the world, after Afghanistan, Syria, and South Sudan; Whereas more than 1,000,000 people are already internally displaced within Somalia, many living in dire and unsafe informal displacement camps where they face a range of serious risks, including sexual violence and violent forced evictions; Whereas the anticipated scale of population displacement from Somalia due to pervasive conflict and the threat of starvation will increase refugee flows throughout the region and into Europe; Whereas in 2016, the Government of Kenya revoked prima facie refugee status for Somalis and disbanded the Department of Refugee Affairs, leaving thousands of newly arrived Somalis unregistered and without assistance; Whereas the Government of Kenya has announced plans to repatriate 261,000 Somali refugees to areas of Somalia affected by drought and famine conditions, as well as the persistent threat of violence from Al-Shabaab; and Whereas if timely, sufficient funding for a robust humanitarian response is not received by the end of April 2017, the humanitarian consequences of this drought, including the loss of life and reverberating effects in the region, will exceed those of the 2011 famine: Now, therefore, be it