Tusindvis af mennesker har måtte flygte på grund af oversvømmelser. I den vestlige del af Kenya, i den såkaldte Rift Valley Province, fortsætter vandmasserne med at oversvømme huse og ødelægge høsten.
NAKURU, 5 September, 2012 (IRIN): Among more than 240.000 people throughout eastern Africa are estimated to be affected by seasonal flooding.
An estimated 642 households have been affected by flooding in the Kenyan districts of Baringo and Marigat, with at least five schools being submerged (oversvømmet), according to data from the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS).
The floods have caused latrines to overflow, contaminating water sources. “I have no better water to drink. I have to use what is readily available, even if I am aware of the risk of contracting diseases,” Lydiah Kuyale, a resident of Loropil Village in Marigat.
According to the KRCS, the affected families are in need of emergency food supplies after at least 26 hectares of maize (hektar af majs) – which had been ready for harvesting – were destroyed. Fodder (foder), beans and water melon crops have also been ruined.
The delivery of relief items such as medicine, blankets, tents and mosquito nets has been hampered (vanskeliggjort) by poor road conditions.
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