A landslide killed two young brothers and a middle-aged woman on Monday in Kisaku village, Rang’wa East Location, and Kaksingri West Location in Suba South.
The two brothers who perished were identified as Calvince Otieno, 12, and 5-year-old Moses Otieno.
Confirming the incident, Suba South Legislator Caroli Omondi said the third victim was identified as 42-year-old Alice Orutha.
The bodies were moved to the Sindo Sub-County Hospital Mortuary.
The tragedy brings the death toll from floods in Suba South to four, as earlier, the body of a seven-year-old girl, Florence Evidon Otieno, had been recovered.
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The brother’s father, Sylvance Otieno, was rescued in a critical condition.
According to his wife, Benta, the floods and the landslide cornered the three in the house yesterday while she was away.
She said the deluge swept their house with the occupants downstream, killing the minors. At the same time, their father survived by a whisker, adding he was rescued some metres away from his house in a critical condition and rushed to a local hospital.
Additionally, she lamented that she had lost all the property in her house.
“I am appealing to the government to come to my aid. This disaster has left me distraught,” she urged.
Suba Deputy County Commissioner Sebastian Okiring also toured the landslide scene and condoled the bereaved families.
He said the government had arranged to treat the injured people in the incident.
Okiring said their preliminary reports indicated that more than 900 people had been affected by the incident.
He said he arranged with various government agencies to intervene with humanitarian aid to support the affected families.
