Relocate people from mudslide prone areas once and for all

Devastation and loss of lives from mudslides are becoming an annual ritual in parts of West Pokot and Elgeyo Marakwet counties. Elsewhere, areas like Murang'a occasionally experience mudslides.

On Saturday last week, 12 people lost their lives, 18 were injured and by yesterday, several people could not be accounted for after mudslides hit the villages of Kipchumwa and Cheptulel on the border of West Pokot and Elgeyo Marakwet counties. Reports indicate that at least 4,000 people were displaced by the mudslides.