Ruto Declares Friday, May 10, Public Holiday
Ruto Declares Friday, May 10, Public Holiday
Ruto Declares Friday, May 10, Public Holiday
The Head of State declared Wednesday to be a day to honor those whose lives were impacted by the floods during remarks at a meeting in Kajiado.
According to official government statistics, the nationwide flooding phenomenon that began in March claimed the lives of 238 people.
“Friday, May 10, 2024, is designated as a day to honor those who have suffered because of climate change. “Let us utilize today to strive for bettering our surroundings,” a State House insider said, citing the President as the source of the announcement.
The Head of State further indicated that the day will be dedicated to planting trees or climate change mitigation.
According to the government spokesperson Isaac Mwaura’s most recent flooding situational awareness, 75 people are still missing.
Mwaura, in a press statement on Tuesday, indicated that 174 individuals are nursing critical injuries while 47,000 households were displaced.
From the data, Nairobi leads with the highest number of affected individuals at 164,000 followed by Nyanza region (40,000), and the Eastern region (5,957).
“The government has put in place a number of systems to deal with the crisis and oversee the continuing evacuations. Mwaura said, “The National Government Administrative Officers (NGAO) have been mobilized to assist residents in moving to safer areas, and the KDF and NYS have been deployed to assist in the search and rescue operations.”
“We have about thirty designated evacuation centers; on elevated terrain, there are churches and schools.” You won’t be able to handle it, so please don’t wait until the water comes. Management of disasters is a shared duty.
The Head of State ordered everyone residing in areas with delicate ecosystems to relocate to safer areas in order to lessen the number of people killed by flooding.
In addition, he pledged to start building 20,000 reasonably priced homes and to provide Ksh 10,000 to each of the over 40,000 households that the floods forced to flee for temporary housing.
Additionally, two weeks after the originally scheduled date, on Monday, March 13, schools will reopen, according to the Head of State. The purpose of the extension was to give the government more time to evaluate how floods affected families and schools.
