This archive report was first published on 11 May 2020.
Heavy rains have continued to wreak havoc in Kenya, with the death toll from floods rising to 219 after 25 more people lost their lives in the last 24 hours.
According to Devolution Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa, the most affected areas are around River Nyando, River Nzoia, and River Tana, among others.
Wamalwa warned that the rains will continue until the end of June this year, and people living along river banks should move to safer grounds.
Over 3,300 acres of cash crops have been washed away, and 1,586 houses have been swept away, while three health centres and three schools have also been destroyed.
CS Wamalwa made the remarks yesterday at Chepsai Primary School in Lugari constituency, Kakamega County, while making food donations to more than 4,000 people displaced by the raging water of swollen rivers in Kakamega County.
He was accompanied by Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya, his Busia counterpart Sospeter Ojaamong', and senator Cleophas Malala, among other local leaders.
Wamalwa said the Government has enough food in its reserves to help affected families and was only awaiting a fact-finding mission to ascertain the need.
He added that the Government is considering helping the victims of flash floods rebuild their homes as well as relocating them permanently as a mitigation measure.
Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya announced that the over 4,000 people who have been displaced by floods in Kakamega County will start receiving money from Monday, which will be wired to their mobile phones.
