[PHOTOS] Owalo leads food distribution for El Nino victims in Nyanza

In Summary

• The relief is in response to the adverse effects of the El Nino rains and flooding that have ravaged parts of the country causing displacement and destroying livelihoods.

• Owalo said the government is working on long-term sustainable measures to control the menace of flooding.

by EMMANUEL WANJALA Radio, Print & Digital Reporter

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07 December 2023 - 18:20

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ICT Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo distributes El Nino relief food in Ombaka area of Nyando Constituency and Kagwa in Uyoma, Rarieda Constituency on Thursday, December 7, 2023.
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ICT Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo on Thursday led the government's relief food distribution to victims displaced by floods in Kisumu and Siaya counties.

Kenya Kwanza government has been distributing relief food and nonfood items in response to the adverse effects of the El Nino rains and flooding that have ravaged parts of the country causing displacement and destroying livelihoods.

Bags of relief food for residents of Ombaka area of Nyando Constituency and Kagwa in Uyoma, Rarieda Constituency.
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Residents wait for relief food distribution by ICT Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo in Ombaka area of Nyando Constituency and Kagwa in Uyoma, Rarieda Constituency, December 7, 2023.
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Official government statistics as of Wednesday indicated that 165 people had died as a result of floods.

Owalo presided over the food distribution exercise in the Ombaka area of Nyando Constituency and Kagwa in Uyoma, Rarieda Constituency.

"Whereas relief food distribution is an emergency measure to cushion vulnerable citizens, the government is working on long-term sustainable measures to control the menace of flooding," Owalo said.

ICT cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo distributes El Nino relief in Ombaka area of Nyando Constituency and Kagwa in Uyoma, Rarieda Constituency, December 7, 2023.
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ICT cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo speaks during El Nino relief food distribution in Ombaka area of Nyando Constituency and Kagwa in Uyoma, Rarieda Constituency, December 7, 2023.
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ICT cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo distributes El Nino relief in Ombaka area of Nyando Constituency and Kagwa in Uyoma, Rarieda Constituency, December 7, 2023.
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He was accompanied by a number of leaders including Nyanza Regional Commissioner, Flora Mwora.

Other present were SASRA chairman Jack Ranguma, KIMC chairman, Charles Owino, Posta chairperson Rose Nyamunga and a host of present and former elected leaders in the region.