The CS said the government now recognises the need to for those working in the area to get hardship allowances.
MP Jared Okello noted that the neighbouring Nyakach and Muhoroni sub-counties have been gazetted as hardship areas.
Prolonged rains in the area have left at least 20,000 families displaced, property destroyed, crops swept away and lives lost.
The government is considering reviewing the designation of Nyando in Kisumu County as a hardship area, Devolution Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa has said, citing factors including the perennial flooding in the region.
The CS said the government now recognises the need to for those working in the area to get hardship allowances.
