Decision to close Dadaab refugee camp final, Ruto tells UN boss

The government will not change its mind over the closure of Dadaab Refugee camp, even with new funding.
Deputy President William Ruto told a gathering of leaders in Turkey that the government is instead asking for funding to be channelled towards stabilising Somalia.
In a speech delivered to leaders, UN officials and relief workers in Instabul, Mr Ruto denied that the government had announced closure of Dadaab as a ploy to ask for more money from donors.

.“It is insulting for anyone to insinuate that Kenya is using refugees to solicit for funds. Kenya has used its own resources for many years to support refugees and help stabilise Somalia. The country spends $100million (Sh10 billion) annually to support military intervention in Somalia," he said.
Mr Ruto who is representing President Uhuru Kenyatta at the World Humanitarian Summit said Kenya was participating in the conference specifically to discuss the repatriation of Somali refugees at the Dadaab Refugee Camp, not haggle on keeping them.
He spoke to an audience including UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon who recently asked President Kenyatta not to close the camp as it would worsen the security situation in the region.
Others included German Chancellor Angela Merkel who recently spearheaded a deal that would allow refugees heading to the European Union from the Middle East to be absorbed by Turkey; and Turkish President Racep Tayyip Erdogan among other world leaders.