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Britam Microinsurance Head of Innovation Liza Maru (right) and FSD Africa Manager, Development Impact Frank Maimu talk to Mohamed Ousmane (center), one of the beneficiaries of Britam's Sh15 million flood insurance payout in Madogo Ward, Tana River County. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard]

Snaking through several counties, the Tana River is Kenya's longest river, covering approximately 1,000km.

Principally originating from Mount Kenya in Nyeri County, it is one of the more significant natural resources in Kenya with nearly two-thirds of Kenya's electricity needs being generated from the series of dams along it.

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