Kenya: Laikipia West Families Flee Flash Floods

18 December 2013

More than 300 families in Container area of Laikipia West subcounty have been displaced by flash floods. The residents vacated their homes on Monday. Sosian ward representative Jacob Edong said some homes have been submerged and others swept away.

This comes at a time when two people, Wachira Kiberi, Aged 42 years and Ngimat Opiyo, 5, were killed by floods at Ngobit area in Laikipia East Sub-County over the weekend.

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