- Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua said the team will monitor what is happening across the country.
- He said the team will also initiate all necessary interventions to save the lives and properties of Kenyans.
The government has set up a multi-agency emergency response centre on floods, which will be based at Nyayo House. https://rb.gy/vopfbg
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The government has set up a multi-agency emergency response centre on floods, which will be based at Nyayo House.
In a press briefing on Thursday, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua said the team will monitor what is happening across the country.
He said the team will also initiate all necessary interventions to save the lives and properties of Kenyans.
"The multi-agency emergency response centre has been activated from 4 pm, this afternoon and shall be domiciled at Nyayo House," the DP said.
"Daily alerts will be issued to the people of Kenya to inform them of what is happening in areas where there is obvious danger and to appeal to them to cooperate with state agencies and other partners to save lives."
Gachagua said all internally displaced persons will be facilitated to find alternative settlements.
"In extreme cases, the National Youth Service will provide shelter to the most vulnerable members of our society," he said.
The DP called on Kenyans to cooperate with the emergency response team for their safety and that of their families.
He said affected families will provided with food and non-food items.
"Kenyans are requested to be careful and not to dare nature because it is dangerous to do so," Gachagua said.
He reaffirmed the government's commitment to channel all available resources to make sure Kenyans are protected from this disaster.
Earlier, President William Ruto directed the National Youth Service (NYS) to provide land for people living in flood-affected areas.
Speaking on Thursday, Ruto said Kenyans living in dangerous areas will be moved to the land provided by NYS as the government plans on what to do.
"Even as we get the blessing of the rains we also have seen floods in many parts of the country, many Kenyans are going through difficult times," the President said.
"This morning I have authorised the National Youth Service to provide land for those people who are living dangerously in some of the areas for them to be moved from those areas into some safe ground as we decide what to do with them next," the President said.
On Thursday, Interior CS Kithure Kindiki directed the National Police Service to conduct search and rescue operations by land and air, as floods continue to wreak havoc across the country.
Kindiki said the police will work together with the Kenya Red Cross, alongside other state departments in the multi-agency operation, including the Kenya Coast Guard Service (KCGS).
The CS said all available resources have been deployed to address the flood situation in the country.