By MKT Reporter
Information, Communications, and the Digital Economy Eliud Owalo has distributed relief supplies to over 4000 displaced families in Nyakach and Nyando Sub-Counties in Kisumu.
The relief food was part of the National Government’s Disaster Response Programme, spearheaded by President William Ruto.
The relief food was a temporary support measure aimed at alleviating the suffering of flood-hit communities.
The national government has partnered with the County Government and other stakeholders to provide helicopters to evacuate families stranded in flood waters.
The government will prioritise the construction of the Koru-Soin dam to alleviate the locals’ suffering. The state has pledged to use dredging machines to desilt Lake Victoria, especially at the mouth of the River Nyando, to control the backflow menace.
The government will also construct dykes along the River Nyando to address perennial floods in the area. Owalo urged locals to be proactive and move out of the river banks in good time to avoid disaster.
He called on residents to plant fruit and indigenous trees to help hold soil and prevent soil erosion.
He toured flood-affected communities and made donations through a delegation made up of SACCO Societies Regulatory Authority Chairman Jack Ranguma, Postal Corporation Chair Rose Nyamunga, National Museums of Kenya Chairman Edwin Abonyo, Lake Basin Development Authority Chairman Dianga Waore, and Lake Victoria South Water Works Development Agency Director Millicent Oduor.
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