The situation according was not made any better by the delay in the arrival of help from the county fire department. “The fire is alleged to have started in one of the hotels in the slum. However we are not sure what its cause was,” said Joyce Nekesa, a resident, whowas not certain where her family would spend the night despite salvaging a few items from her house. The area, according to Ms Nekesa, has no sufficient water for household purposes, let alone putting out a fire. “Despite the fire starting at about eight o’clock, the first fire engine arrived at the scene more than an hour later.

Source: Daily Nation February 05, 2019 21:33 UTC