Floods have affected more than 102 households and displaced seven hundred people in Chepalungu Sub County, Bomet, following heavy rains pounding most parts of the country.
Because of the heavy rains, homes with mud walls have collapsed, and latrines have sunk, making Bingwa and Siongiroi unsuitable for human habitation.
Stanley Mutai, the disaster management officer for Bomet County, claims that the affected family were relocated to safer locations and forced to leave their homes.
On Saturday, the neighbourhood has been experiencing torrential rainfall, which Mutai said could affect more people, necessitating an early evacuation.
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He claimed that many of the victims disregarded the advice despite the early warning of a potential calamity.
Meanwhile, some impacted families reside in temporary shelters, while others are housed in classes at adjacent elementary schools. The disaster is most severely affecting children and the elderly, and the victims urgently need relief supplies of food and medicine.
To distribute food, clothing, and bedding, among other necessities, the Red Cross Society of Bomet and the National Government worked together, according to Chairman Cheruiyot Baliach.
According to Baliach, the victims needed psychosocial support, particularly the children who had been through the most pain.
Health officials have also increased disease surveillance because outbreaks of waterborne infections are likely to follow overflowing latrines that have released human waste into water sources.
