The government has established 115 camps to house people who have been affected by the heavy rains and flooding across the country.
In a statement published Friday morning, the Ministry of Interior stated that the camps are spread across 19 counties and would house 27,586 persons.
The administration has also mobilized resources to provide critical food supplies to vulnerable families in numerous hard-hit areas.
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"Government has made specific interventions to meet their essential food supplies of rice and beans totalling 336,000 Kg that have been distributed to support affected communities in Busia, Homabay, Kisumu, Machakos, Nairobi, Nakuru, and Muranga Counties," reads the statement.
"There is a need for more food, medical kits, and non-food items in affected Counties and where search and rescue operations are still ongoing including, Garissa, Kiambu, Migori, Narok, Kajiado, West Pokot, Nyeri, Siaya, Nyandarua, Kirinyaga, and Tana River Counties."
The Ministry reported that the torrential rains affected about 196,296 individuals and claimed 210 lives owing to extreme meteorological conditions, with an additional 22 fatalities since the last update.
"A cumulative 125 people have been reported injured while 90 people are currently missing. A total of 33,100 households have been displaced affecting approximately 165,500 people and a sum of 1,967 schools have had their infrastructure destroyed by the floods," added the statement.
Meanwhile, Interior Cabinet Secretary Prof. Kithure Kindiki has ordered that everyone residing in flood-prone districts leave by 6.30 p.m. on Friday, May 3, 2024, or be forcefully removed.
The evacuation orders are aimed at individuals living in landslip—and mudslide-prone areas and those living near 178 governmental and private dams that are nearing or have already reached capacity.
