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17 cases of diarrhoea reported in Kilifi IDP camp

The risk of an outbreak of waterborne diseases is high. [iStockphoto]

At least 17 cases of severe diarrhoea have been reported in a camp for internally displaced persons at a primary school in Magarini, Kilifi county.

The camp at Karamboni Primary School is holding hundreds of IDPs whose homes were destroyed by floods after River Sabaki burst its banks due to heavy rains upstream.

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