Kenya National Disaster Operation Centre

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The Kenya National Disaster Operation Centre (NDOC) is a Kenyan governmental agency. It was established in 1998 to deal with management and coordination of disaster response at a national level in Kenya. [1]

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References

  1. "Welcome to the NDOC website". web.archive.org. 18 April 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2024.