Kenya has had countless heavy rains before, but never have I witnessed humans sleep on rooftops through a night of torrents.
These are scenes some Nairobians watch on their screens, safely tucked in their chairs, as people suffer in Nyando, Budalang'i, Tana River, or North-Eastern that perennially suffer a cycle of drought and flooding. Others are the horrendous landslides such as the one witnessed in West Pokot in 2019.