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Kenya on alert as it braces for first-ever cyclone

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Residents inspect a road heavily affected by floods following torrential rains in Kitengela, on May 1, 2024. [AFP]

Kenyan President William Ruto put the flood-ravaged country on high alert on Friday and postponed the reopening of schools indefinitely as the nation braced for its first-ever cyclone.

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