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Rains wreck havoc in Mukuru slums as Ngong River bursts banks

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(File) Residents watch as a man risks his life to cross a flooded Ngong River, after the Kayaba/Hazina bridge in South B, Starehe sub-county, Nairobi, was flooded by rainwaters on March 23, 2023.


 

Photo credit: Sammy Kimatu | Nation Media Group

Dozens of families in Mukuru slums located in Makadara, Starehe and Embakasi South sub-counties stayed awake on verandahs and corridors and others given accommodation by their neighbors after their houses were flooded.

The heavy rain that fell on Saturday night in Ngong and Kibera resulted in havoc as Ngong river burst its banks flooding houses in the slums.