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Heavy rains leave trail of destruction and relief as weatherman predicted

Nairobi County Governments have failed to deal with the drainage problem [Courtesy]

Nairobi County’s poor and tattered drainage system has once again been overwhelmed in a non-emergency situation and brought the city’s worst froth to the surface.

Scenes of filth, fallen trees, impassable roads, flooded roundabouts, stranded commuters, stalled trucks, long traffic jams and submerged cars have returned with the rainfall predicted by the weatherman.

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