Floods daze Kisii town following heavy down pour

Members of the public remove logs from a car that was swept at a scene along the Kisii-Migori road when flash floods raged through Kisii town's Daraja Mbili market. Photo: DENISH OCHIENG/ STANDARD

KENYA: Parts of Kisii town were rendered inaccessible in the aftermath of heavy rains witnessed in the area on Monday. Several women at Daraja Mbili open air market lost goods worth thousands of shillings in the afternoon downpour that saw a car swept off the road.

Both river Riyabe and Nyakomisaro burst their banks. The bridge along the Kisii-Nyamira road was rendered impassable forcing residents of Jogoo Estate to stay in town for hours. The floods unleashed misery on residents of Kisii town specifically traders who lost among other things second hand clothes and large quantities of horticulture sold every Monday at Daraja Mbili Market.