This archive report was first published on 22 April 2020.
On April 21, 2020, heavy downpour caused the river Nyando to break its banks, forcing residents around Ahero town to flee their homes for safer grounds.
Tragedy struck the villages of Nyasake and Kipkurin in Kipkelion West after a mudslide claimed the lives of four children on Monday.
According to Kericho County Commissioner Moses Mbaruku, two siblings aged 12 and 15 died in Nyasake village in Kamasian Ward after a heavy downpour that lasted six hours.
The third child, a six-year-old, died at Kipkurin village in Kunyak Ward, while a 14-year-old boy was swept away as he tried crossing Rwandet River in the same ward.
As of Monday, the death toll stood at 12, with a fourth-year student airlifted to the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital after she was rescued from the deluge following deadly landslides in Chesegon, West Pokot County.
Meanwhile, four pupils from Cheptany Primary School in Elgeyo Marakwet County are still missing after a devastating landslide in Chesegon on Saturday.
Additionally, tens of families have been displaced and property destroyed after River Karati burst its banks in Naivasha, and more than 150 families in Rangwe Constituency have been displaced from their homes by floods caused by overflowing water from Lake Victoria in Homa Bay.
