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Clothes are seen covered in mud at a house that was flooded in an area heavily affected by torrential rains and flash floods in Mai Mahiu, on April 29, 2024. [AFP]
Kenyan President William Ruto convened a special cabinet meeting on Tuesday to discuss measures to tackle deadly floods that have killed nearly 170 people and displaced 185,000 others since March, his office said.
Heavier than usual monsoon rains, compounded by the El Nino weather pattern, have devastated the East African country, turning roads into rivers, engulfing villages and threatening to unleash even more damage in the weeks to come.
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