[PHOTOS] Kasarani residents manoeuvre flooded roads to access homes

Kasarani residents were on Wednesday left stranded as the roads remained impassable.

In Summary
  • Residents were forced to board lorries and matatus to help them cross the bridge connecting Mwiki and Kasarani.
  • Kenya Met warned that the massive flooding being experienced in parts of Nairobi will persist in the next two days.
Locals take a ride on a pickup to cross a flooded road at a bridge connecting Mwiki and Kasarani on April 24, 2024.
Locals take a ride on a pickup to cross a flooded road at a bridge connecting Mwiki and Kasarani on April 24, 2024.
Image: LEAH MUKANGAI

The ongoing heavy rains have left a trail of destruction in some parts of Nairobi.

Kasarani residents were on Wednesday left stranded as the roads remained impassable.

Residents were forced to board lorries and matatus to help them cross the bridge connecting Mwiki and Kasarani.

Locals help a motorist to cross a flooded road at a bridge connecting Mwiki and Kasarani on April 24, 2024.
Locals help a motorist to cross a flooded road at a bridge connecting Mwiki and Kasarani on April 24, 2024.
Image: LEAH MUKANGAI

The Kenya Meteorological Department has warned that the massive flooding being experienced in parts of Nairobi will persist in the next two days.

The forecast showed that rains of up to 20mm will pound Embakasi East and South.

Roysambu, Westlands, Lang’ata, Kibera, Dagoretti North and South, Makadara, Starehe, Kamukunji and Ruaraka should brace for up to 50mm of rain, the weatherman said.

Residents holds on a mini bus to cross a flooded road at a bridge connecting Mwiki and Kasarani on April 24, 2024.
Residents holds on a mini bus to cross a flooded road at a bridge connecting Mwiki and Kasarani on April 24, 2024.
Image: LEAH MUKANGAI
A man helps a woman to cross the flooded road at a bridge connecting Mwiki and Kasarani on April 24, 2024.
A man helps a woman to cross the flooded road at a bridge connecting Mwiki and Kasarani on April 24, 2024.
Image: LEAH MUKANGAI
Kasarani residents hop on a lorry to cross a flooded road at a bridge connecting Mwiki and Kasarani on April 24, 2024.
Kasarani residents hop on a lorry to cross a flooded road at a bridge connecting Mwiki and Kasarani on April 24, 2024.
Image: LEAH MUKANGAI
Pedestrians cross a flooded road in Kasarani on April 24, 2024.
Pedestrians cross a flooded road in Kasarani on April 24, 2024.
Image: LEAH MUKANGAI
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