Kenyans at Risk of Mosquito-Borne Diseases Due to Heavy Rains

The meteorological department has attributed the heavy rains experienced in most parts of the country to unusual sea surface temperatures in the Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Rains like these were previously associated with outbreaks of Rift Valley fever more than any other disease, writes Eunice Anyango Owino for The Conversation.

Huge sections of Nyatike in Migori County have been flooded following heavy rains (file photo).

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