County emergency operations workers have evacuated people from the Syokimau Phase 2 estate after heavy rains submerged their homes.

Over 200 flats on the bottom floor were flooded.

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The county administrator recommended that families impacted by flooding relocate to safer areas.

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Machakos Governor, Wavinya Ndeti, who despatched her Roads, Public Works, and Housing minister, Rita Ndunge, and the county head of staff, Lawrence Ngovi, stated that the county government will give food, bedding, and other necessities to the affected families camped at Kinanie Primary School.

PHOTO | COURTESY floods 

Floods washed away household belongings for dozens of people in areas of the Kinanie and Syokimau 360 estates.

Athi River Deputy County Commissioner Patrick Mwangi, speaking separately, asked flood-affected villagers to evacuate their homes to avoid calamity.