Kenya seeks Sh10b from development partners to reduce El Nino effects

World Bank African Disaster Risk Management Practice Leader Christoph Pusch with UN Office of Co-ordination and Humanitarian Affairs Head Peter Manfield and Igad Executive Secretary Mahaboub Maalim in Naivasha, Wednesday. [PHOTO: ANTONY GITONGA/STANDARD]

Kenya is seeking Sh10 billion from development partners to mitigate the destruction expected from the projected El Nino rains.

Already, the State has set aside Sh5 billion as contingency funds as parts of the country started feeling the effects of heavy rains.