Rain alert evokes awful memories for Baringo County residents

Rose Chebet, a resident of Kapsenet in Baringo, narrates how she and her family escaped a past mudslide, as the weatherman warns of El Nino rains. [Photo: Joseph Kipsang/Standard]

Rose Chebet, 55, knows all too well the destruction that comes with heavy rains, having survived with injuries during the horrific 1997 El Nino and landslides in 2012.

And news of the expected El Nino rains has sent a chill down her spine, as her Kapsenet village in Baringo County where majority of residents have been forced to harvest farm produce prematurely to avoid losses, is among the hotspots.