Thousands of people have been displaced
and property worth billions
of shillings destroyed by raging
floods in Kilifi county.
Devolution CS Eugene Wamalwa
and Chief Administrative Secretary
Hussein Dado toured the county on
Saturday to assess the situation.
Wamalwa assured all flood victims
in the country they will get
food supplies.
The CS also said his ministry will
work with the Education ministry
to ensure all affected students
are assisted to go back to school asm ost parents lost everything.
He said they will work with the county government to ensure affected
families are assisted to rebuild
their homes and get seeds,
fertiliser and other farm inputs.
“I am here because the President
and Deputy President are aware
families were displaced from their homes and are now camping in
schools,” Wamalwa said.
The Kenya Defence Forces and police
used choppers and divers to rescue
marooned residents.
Kilifi Governor Amason Kingi spent
two days helping with evacuation.
Six tourist camps in Galana Kulalu
were washed away. The affected
camps are Tsavo River, Kiboko, Bigis,
Kulalu and Kuwinda. Agricultural
Development Corporation offices in
Galana Kulalu were destroyed.
Residents will grapple with water shortage for months as all the nine
boreholes are flooded and cannot
pump water to Malindi, Magarini, Kilifi
and Mombasa.
A Sh2.3 billion water project
launched by President Uhuru Kenyatta
at Baricho was submerged.
At
Shakahola, a footbridge to Galanawas wept away and residents cannot
cross to the other side.
In Malindi ADC Kisiwani Complex,
more than 3,000 acres were submerged,
with more than 400 heads of
cattle and 400 goats marooned.
“We are liaising with the authorities.
Ten workers are safe and currently
at Kakuyuni Primary School
IDP camp,” manager Murasi Mulupi
said.
In Malindi and Magarini, there is
a humanitarian crisis as more than 6,000 households were displaced by
floods, while thousands of acres of
farmland are under water. Also destroyed
are schools and health facilities.
