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[PHOTOS] Ruto chairs emergency multi-agency response team on floods

Ruto directed the National Youth Service to provide land for people living in flood-affected areas.

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by The Star

In-pictures25 April 2024 - 12:56
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In Summary


  • The meeting held on Thursday was attended by his deputy Rigathi Gachagua, Cabinet Secretaries and other senior state officials.
  • The President said that while the rains have been a blessing to the country, there is now the challenge of floods in different areas.
President William Ruto chairs a meeting with the Emergency Multi Agency response team on Floods at State House, Nairobi on April 25, 2024.

President William Ruto has chaired a meeting with the Emergency Multi Agency response team on floods at State House, Nairobi.

The meeting held on Thursday was attended by his deputy Rigathi Gachagua, Cabinet Secretaries and other senior state officials.

The President said that while the rains have been a blessing to the country, there is now the challenge of floods in different areas.

He said it is important for the multi-agency team to be proactive in terms of the interventions to make to solve this.

President William Ruto chairs a meeting with the Emergency Multi Agency response team on Floods at State House, Nairobi on April 25, 2024.

In an earlier address, Ruto directed the National Youth Service (NYS) to provide land for people living in flood-affected areas.

Ruto said Kenyans living in dangerous areas will be moved to the land provided by NYS as the government plans on what to do.

"This morning I have authorised the National Youth Service to provide land for those people who are living dangerously in some of the areas for them to be moved from those areas into some safe ground as we decide what to do with them next," the President said.

President William Ruto chairs a meeting with the Emergency Multi Agency response team on Floods at State House, Nairobi on April 25, 2024.
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua addressing the Emergency Multi Agency response team on Floods meeting at State House, Nairobi on April 25, 2024.
President William Ruto chairs a meeting with the Emergency Multi Agency response team on Floods at State House, Nairobi on April 25, 2024.
President William Ruto chairs a meeting with the Emergency Multi Agency response team on Floods at State House, Nairobi on April 25, 2024.

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