Garsen MP wants State to allocate Sh5bn for flood victims

Member of Parliament for Garsen Ali Wario is calling upon President William Ruto's administration to allocate Sh5 billion for flood victims.

The MP states that the funds should go towards the construction of housing for the thousands of flood victims in the country.

Wario said during the tenure of former President Uhuru Kenyatta when Ruto was Deputy president they gave Sh. 1 billion for the construction of houses for flood victims and his constituency got 2000 houses.

“This time we want the president to allocate even Sh. 5 billion for the construction of housing for flood victims,” he said.

The MP added that the funds should be given to the Kenya Red Cross as it was the trusted organization that could handle the projects well and effectively.

He spoke in Garsen in Tanadelta Sub County of Tanariver County where he partnered with the Red Cross to provide relief food to the 230 families displaced by the disaster in Bandi.

Tana River is among the 29 counties that have been hit hard by the ongoing El Nino rains that have resulted in floods and caused human displacement.

The floods have affected over 11,000 families in Tanariver County and the number keeps on rising particularly in Tanadelta as the water levels were rising each day.

Most of the residents who moved to camps lacked basic amenities such as freshwater, shelter, mosquito nets and food.

The Kenya Red Cross has kicked off humanitarian support to the thousands of flood victims in Tanadelta Sub County of Tanariver County which is among the worst hit by the disaster that is ravaging the country.

The distribution of Non-Food items including Tents, Blankets, water trampolines, soap, Mosquito nets sufurias, a 10,000 litres water tank, and toilet facilities among others to the 230 households that have moved to safer from Bandi Village in Garsen had already started.

Going further, Kenya Red Cross Society Coast Regional Manager Hassan Musa said the Coast counties have been hardly affected with the road between Kwale and Lunga Lunga cut off completely at Ramisi due to the floods.

He said Mombasa also experienced the worst floods as houses were submerged adding that Kilifi, Tana River and Lamu have been hit badly too.

“We want to assure all the victims in the Coastal counties of our support today has been a tough day for Kenya Red Cross but we anticipated this and we are doing our best to support the affected families,” Musa said.