Marakwet mudslides renew calls to relocate residents as 31 buried

An aerial view of the mudslides and rock falls that rocked Chesongoch area in Marakwet East, Elgeyo Marakwet County on Saturday Novemeber 1. More than 26 people have been confirmed dead. [Courtesy]

Calls to move residents out of the landslide-prone escarpments of Elgeyo Marakwet dominated on friday  burial of casualties of disastrous mudslides that shook the county on November 1.

The 31 people buried yesterday were among 39 people who were swept by the deadly mudslides and rock falls in Marakwet East.