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Meru residents want rivers' names changed to 'avert calamities'

Mbeu Ward MCA John Muguna speaks along the bank of river Thanantu in Tigania West, Meru County. [Phares Mutembei, Standard]

Residents living near two rivers in Meru County want the names changed to ward off calamities.

They claim this is because several people have died after the Thanantu and Ikamati rivers burst their banks following heavy rains.

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