Seven persons among them four children died in a flash flood that rocked Kambi Hindi village in Ol-jorai in Gilgil Sub County on Monday night.
Gilgil Sub-County Police Commander Mr Francis Tumbo noted that the families were in their houses at around 8:00 pm when a downpour came down causing flash floods in the area.
Three ladies and four children between the ages of eight months and ten years were reportedly killed, according to him. The floods left a trail of devastation in their wake, including the slaughter of numerous cattle.
Over 25 families were displaced by the floods, and they are currently homeless.
The old Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC) farm in Ol-jorai is now home to a number of families. Yet according to experts, the afflicted family had made a home along a waterway and now need to be relocated.
The victims' bodies have been transferred to the mortuary at Gilgil Sub-County Hospital for postmortem and more inquiries into the tragedy.
Residents claim that a downpour that fell in the upper areas forced the raging streams to flood their village downwards, causing the floods.
Several areas of the nation have seen heavy rains that have raised river water levels, resulting in floods and the eviction of residents.
The country is on high alert in areas that are prone to flooding following the start of the rains last week, and the government has established evacuation centres in places like Nyando in Kisumu County.
For instance, in Marsabit County alone, flooding last week caused at least 821 household displacements and resulted in the deaths of over 10,000 goats and sheep.
Nairobi was not exempt from the threat of flooding once the rains began; last week, when residents awoke to scenes of flooded estates, the city was not spared.
