Kenya Red Cross has issued an alert on three regions that are likely to be highly affected by the ongoing El Nino rains in the next two weeks.
Speaking on Citizen TV, Red Cross Secretary General Idris Ahmed said concern is on the Western Kenya, Lake Basin and South Rift
“If you look at the weather forecast in the next two weeks, we shall have more concern in western Kenya, lake basin, south rift region,” he said.
He further said that 29 countries have so far been affected by floods.
“As we speak now, the counties that are most affected in northern parts of the country are; Mandera, Wajir, Garissa, Tana River, Marasbit, Samburu, Isiolo but the spread is pretty much across the country,” Ahmed noted.
According to him, the situation has been contributed by rising water levelks in ribvers and things might get worse as the country continue to receive more rain.
“We have a situation where a number of rivers have been rising consistently for the last couple of weeks, River Tana is at an alarm stage and we also have River Nyando and River Ndhiwa,” he added.
Ahmed also said that some of those who have been affected by floods are lacking food and there is also outbreak of diseases.
“We have a number of disease outbreaks including measles which is in eight counties. We also have a risk of cholera, and confirmed cases are in Garissa at the refugee camp. So it is a difficult situation,” he said.
