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Kenyans living in areas at risk of flooding or landslides will be asked to evacuate today, the country’s president has said.
William Ruto was speaking in Mai Mahiu, north of Nairobi, where an overflowing reservoir has wiped out a swathe of houses and swept dozens of people to their death.
Although no definitive number was given, an evacuation order of this scale will likely target many thousands of people.
The rainy season has been extra this year, and weeks of flooding have killed at least 170 people. END.