Drainages have been blocked in major cities causing heavy flooding for which nearly everyone has and continue to pay a heavy price.
That the rainy season has once again come upon us with shock and awe as if we had no clue about it can only be read as testimony to our refusal to plan for anything.
Drainages have been blocked in major cities causing heavy flooding for which nearly everyone has and continue to pay a heavy price.
In the rural countryside, flashfloods have broken bridges, caused mudslides and displaced thousands of families besides killing sources of livelihoods such as livestock.
Long distance travel has been disrupted or made impossible in many parts after sections of roads have been swept off.
Yet flooding and its consequences are in some areas such as Kisumu’s Nyando plains, Busia’s Budalang’i and the lower Tana Delta as sure an occurrence as the sun rises from the East.
Perhaps the most painful and near criminal thing about all this is that there are fully fledged State departments whose duty it is to deal with emergencies.
These are agencies whose main brief is to forecast, prepare for and deal with extra-normal events. But there has not been a single instance they have exhibited preparedness for these very predictable incidents.
You would then go on to think that there are consequences for such sloppiness and inaction. But no, there actually isn’t!!
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