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Ruto caught off guard by floods amid delayed aid

President William Ruto and other leaders during a church service at Priesthood Fellowship Church, Nairobi. [PCS]

President William Ruto seems to have eaten humble pie over his earlier stance that the country will not experience El Nino rains.

The heavy rains that Dr Ruto dismissed weeks ago are now causing havoc in various parts of the country and have led to the death of more than 70 people, according to the president's own admission.

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