The El Niño warning has gone out for Kenya, but is anyone listening?

Nakuru county government workers unclog some of the town’s drainage system for easier flow of rainwater. Most counties are rushing to unblock the drainage system due to the eagerly awaited El-Nino rains PHOTO: BONIFACE THUKU

NAIROBI: Dozens of families living in the landslide-prone areas of the Elgeyo escarpment were asked to move to safer grounds as the potential danger posed by the El Niño rains began to sink in.

The danger areas mapped were Embolot, Embobut, Endo, Kaben and Mumol locations in Marakwet East Sub County. Residents of Kapcherop, Chebororwa and Kipsaya in Marakwet West Sub County were also asked to move.