El Nino rains: State sets up flood emergency centre to manage crisis

Residents wade through a flooded road following a downpour at Bamburi in Mombasa County on November 17, 2023. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

The government has established a flood emergency multi-agency command centre in response to the escalating flood crisis due to ongoing El Nino rains across the country.

Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo said the command centre at Nyayo House in Nairobi will host relevant agencies and stakeholders.