Nairobi has been listed among 38 counties in the “alarm stage” in the wake of heavy rains across the country.
In a cabinet dispatch released to Newsrooms following a meeting convened by President William Ruto on putting up mitigation measures to avert further loss of lives and property, The Cabinet has noted that the alarm stage is characterized by flash floods, general flooding in low-lying plains, rivers bursting their banks, landslides and mudslides, loss of livestock and destruction of farmland and infrastructure.
“The Cabinet noted with regret that we have lost 76 Kenyans to El-Nino, while 35,000 households have been displaced,” the despatch reads.
The Emergency Session of Cabinet was also convened to assess the impact of extreme weather as manifested in the above-normal short rains and moved to disburse ten billion to counties as resource allocation.
While speaking to the media, State house spokesperson Hussein Mohamed said the disburse is part of the sharable revenue to counties aimed at mitigating the ravaging effect of the rains
Hussien also announced that the government has addressed ministries, Department and agencies to reallocate their budget to the EL Nino disaster response
“The resources committed will be applied for humanitarian response, including distribution and supply of medical commodities, food and non-food items, rehabilitation of infrastructure and resettlement of displaced families,”
State House Spokesman also noted that medical supplies, and other relief items have been airlifted to flood-hit regions through Kenya Defense Forces.
He also noted that the National Youth Service and the Kenya Red Cross Society were also involved in the process.
Other counties listed include Mombasa, and Lamu in the Coast, Isiolo, Kitui, Machakos, in Eastern, HomaBay, Kisumu, Migori and Kisii in Nyanza, Bungoma, Busia and Kakamega in Western,