Nairobi — Kenyan President William Ruto convened a special cabinet meeting Tuesday to discuss measures to tackle deadly floods that have killed nearly 170 people and displaced 185,000 others since March, his office said. Heavier than usual monsoon rains, compounded by the El Nino weather pattern, have devastated the East African country, along with neighboring Tanzania, engulfing villages and threatening to unleash even more damage in the weeks to come.
The Rift Valley deluge cut off a road, uprooted trees and washed away homes and vehicles, devastating the village of Kamuchiri in Nakuru county. Forty-seven people were killed, Nakuru County health minister Jacqueline Osoro told AFP on Tuesday. 'This morning we lost one person who was in the HDU , so we've moved at 47 deaths,' she said, adding that the toll could increase as 76 people were still feared missing.