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Mwanamkasi Saidi says she only salvaged her mosquito net and a few items. [PHOTOS: TOBIAS CHANJI/STANDARD]
Mwanamkasi Saidi counts herself lucky. She rescued her one-year-old baby from raging waters as floods wreak havoc in Kwale County.
“When it started raining, I was out fetching water. I just got into the house as my last born child was about to be swept away. I shudder at the thought of what could have happened,” she says.
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