Early flood warning laudable, but where's the high ground?

President Uhuru Kenyatta arrives for the requiem Mass of Solai dam tragedy victims on 16 May, 2018. [Harun Wathari, Standard]

President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday went to condole with victims of the Solai dam tragedy at a funeral service. Some 48 people were confirmed dead in the disaster that occurred on Thursday night last week. Although rescue and recovery efforts were called off when no more bodies could be found in the debris and sludge, survivors claimed some of their family members were still missing. Their pleas for further searches should not be ignored; it is the least the Government can do for them.

As so often happens, investigations were ordered into the possible causes of the accident. Understandably, Kenyans have expressed their scepticism, perhaps because such investigations are, in most cases, left to fade away.