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Flooded roads, blocked sewer lines trouble residents after heavy rains

A flooded Kenyatta avenue roundabout after heavy rains in Nairobi. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Failing to plan is planning to fail; seemingly, this depicts the current situation the country finds itself in amid pounding rains that have brought misery.

Nairobi and other major towns are flooded with many impassable roads, while drainage systems are blocked.

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