With Idd-ul-Fitr celebrations set to begin tomorrow, Kenya’s Interior Ministry has escalated the national response to an emergency footing following the Kenya Meteorological Department’s (KMD) fresh heavy rainfall advisory warning of intensified downpours across much of the country starting today and persisting through next Tuesday.
Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen announced that all National Government Administration (NGA) officials nationwide are now on high alert, directed to collaborate closely with the National Police Service (NPS), Kenya Defence Forces (KDF), Kenya Coast Guard, Red Cross, county governments, and other emergency partners for rapid, coordinated interventions against flash floods, landslides, and related hazards.
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