Court declines to hold state to account for banditry, floods

A man cleans his shoes at River Kandisi where five people were swept away by a flash flood in Rongai Kajiado County. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

The High Court has dismissed a case that sought to hold the government to account for banditry menace, flood havoc, and lakes swelling due to climate change.

Justice Anthony Mrima, in his judgment, said that 91 petitioners who were representing the Ilchamus Community did not give evidence that the government had failed to end banditry in the region and had failed to intervene during floods and lake swelling.