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For flood victims, it’s a long wait for ‘normalcy’

Ombaka village in Nyando Kisumu County remains deserted with marooned houses following the effects of the flood as a result of the backflow of Lake Victoria. The residents went to seek refuge at Ombaka primary school, an evacuation camp. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

When floods started driving dozens of families living on the shores of Lake Victoria out of their homes, many did not anticipate that the situation would turn around their lives.

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