Pain as death toll from heavy rains hits 5 across the country

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As heavy rains continue to pound different parts of the country, two people are reported to have drowned at Mwewe River in Kisasi, Kitui on Friday night following heavy downpour.

According to Kitui County Emergency Officer Bernard Mwela, the two died as they tried to drive through the flooded river.

Two people drown after their car is swept away by floods in Kitui

Mwela says six other occupants in the car however managed to escape.

One body has been recovered while efforts are underway to retrieve the second body.

Elsewhere, over 50 families in Juakali area of Kiwara slums in Nyeri have been displaced by floods after a heavy down pour on Friday night.

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The families spent the night in the cold after their houses were flooded with water.

The capital had rains in several parts including the Central Business District to relief its dwellers of the dust that they had lived with in the months of March and April, contrary to previous years. The two months are normally characterized by heavy downpours in the city but this year has been starkly different.

However, this has come at a cost too.

A woman and her two children were reportedly swept by raging floods that rocked Kibera’s Kisumu Ndogo area after the heavy Tuesday’s rains.

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Mercy an area resident say the bodies of the three were later recovered.

‘‘The three were in their  house in Kisumu Ndogo unit just opposite Kibera South Clinic  but it seems the heavy floods  swept their residents  before they succumbed to their deaths.’’ Mercy told Ghetto Radio News.

Meanwhile different parts of Nairobi county experienced floods following the  heavy downpour with  areas like South C, South B ,Eatsleigh,Embakasi Village,Umoja  and Zimmerman  highly affected.

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