Prioritise funding for mitigation against disasters

People wade through flood waters along the Enterprise Road in Nairobi. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

The ferocity of Mother Nature has hit home. President William Ruto, while acknowledging advisories by the Kenya Meteorological Department and the IGAD Climate Prediction Applications Centre, said the situation might get worse.

For weeks now, Kenya has experienced floods that have so far claimed 210 lives, displaced thousands from their homes, and destroyed infrastructure, including roads, bridges and railways.