More than 60,000 acres of maize, sorghum, rice and pulses have been destroyed by floods in Kisumu county, Governor Anyang Nyong'o said on Tuesday. The floods menace has rendered thousands of households vulnerable after they were displaced, he said. Nyong’o said the floods have been responsible for the massive destruction of shelters and household assets, irrigation infrastructure and crops in the farms. “This has subsequently led to contamination of water sources resulting in outbreaks of acute diarrhoea and cholera and cumulatively displacing over 13,000 households,” Nyong’o said. The governor said they have delivered food rations to 3,500 households in the camps through the Special Programmes Directorate.

Source: The Star April 28, 2020 18:56 UTC