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How fault-lines are posing dangers in Rift Valley infrastructure

Fault lines emerge in Nakuru County. [File, Standard]

Geologists have warned over the dangers the fault lines in the Rift Valley pose to infrastructure following the formation of sinkholes and the sinking of buildings in recent years within Nakuru.

In a statement, the Geological Society of Kenya wants the government to establish a local Geo-hazard observatory for real-time geological and geophysical monitoring.

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