Floods should be a thing of the past

The rainy season is here again meaning that some parts of the country will be expecting floods.

Both national and county governments are grappling with the headache of how to contain the floods so as to avoid loss of lives and property, something that has been witnessed over the years.

Despite areas that experience floods being in the public domain, no advance preparations are put in place to contain the situation.

A case in point is Narok town. For many years now, the town and its environs experience flooding. Innocent lives and property worth millions of shillings get lost whenever it floods, and this year has not been exceptional.

The Government should have put in place long term measures of ensuring nobody becomes a victim of the raging flood waters, because it is common knowledge that floods are an annual thing.

Asking people to relocate to high grounds does not offer a solution. The higher grounds they are asked to locate to have nothing to offer, as they have to start afresh.

However, if the responsible authorities had the interests of the people at heart, then floods would be a thing of the past in Kenya.

The Government during budget readings has not allocated sufficient funds towards disaster management. Perennially, Government only reacts when disaster has struck.

Over the years, the Government should have devised methods of controlling the floods. Improving on drainage systems could go a long way to avert the problems recently experienced in Nairobi and now Narok, where the latter was completely submerged in flood waters.

In addition, harvesting rain water would be beneficial to residents of Northern Kenya.

It is a shame that a few months ago, many parts of the country were without water and now, the same resource is running to waste.