Mombasa Floods: Nyali MP Mohamed Ali Takes Action in Providing Food to Families Affected by the Floods
Written by moradio on 20 November 2023
NAIROBI, Kenya, November 20- Nyali Member of Parliament, Mohamed Ali came in aid of people in Mombasa county affected by the floods over the past week by providing food for all.
In different parts of Mombasa, Kwale, Kilifi, and Tana River counties, hundreds of people were displaced by floods following heavy downpours in the last three days.
Following heavy rains that week, the 21-kilometer road was cut off and swept away at the Ziwa La Kiboko section. Now residents of Pandanguo and Jima villages could not cross over to Witu and vice versa.
In Mombasa, the Kenya Red Cross had to deploy boats to evacuate residents of Bombolulu and Kisauni whose houses were submerged by floodwaters.
“Mtwapa area is flooded, and some roads are impassable. There was currently no emergency plan, and yet the rains were continuing,” said a resident of Utange.
David Jomeli, a civil engineer, blamed both national and county governments for not enforcing laws to prevent the construction of structures along sewerage lines.
“In Kisauni, some houses were built on riparian land. It happened that now we had rain, and the sewage systems were not functional. It meant the engineers from the county and national government failed to warn people not to build there,” said Eng Jomeli.
“We did not have a sewer system in Mombasa. We used several manholes and septic tanks whenever a new building was erected. The national and county governments needed to work together to ensure the sewage system was done afresh,” he added.
In Kwale, tens of candidates sitting their ongoing national examinations at Ramisi Secondary School were on Thursday and Friday forced to use boats after River Ramisi broke its banks causing flooding in the area.
The candidates living in the Kanana area could not access the examination centre in the morning, forcing security agencies to use a boat to transport them in the flooded area.
Transporters and travellers were also stranded for hours after heavy rains resulted in most rivers breaking their banks. Motorists were advised to use alternative roads to ensure safety when a section of the Likoni Lungalunga highway flooded after the river broke its banks.
According to Lungalunga Assistant County Commissioner Robert Shunet, authorities swung into action to help the candidates from Kanana access Ramisi across the burst river.
Other than candidates, transport was paralyzed along the major highway heading to the Lungalunga border after the roads became impassable due to the high-water levels.
However, Shunet said there were no casualties reported.
