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Kenya is badly prepared for floods: four steps to reduce devastation and deaths

By Augustine Kiptum, Research Student, School of Global Studies, University of Sussex

Floods in Kenya in April/May 2024 led to the deaths of over 250 people and caused damage estimated at 4 billion Kenya shillings (US$35 million).

Not for the first time, Kenya’s lack of preparedness was apparent as flooding rampaged through rural and urban landscapes. There…

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