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One person die, eight injured in West Pokot landslides

One of the houses that were destroyed by landslides at Kapsangar in West Pokot County Thursday night

A six-year-old girl was buried alive and more than 300 people displaced in Kapsangar, West Pokot County following a landslide that occurred Thursday night as a result of heavy rains in the area.

Eight people were injured, 13 cows buried alive, 46 houses and a school also destroyed by the landslide.

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