The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) has deployed its officers in Mai Mahiu, Nakuru County, following the tragedy that saw a whole village washed away by flash floods.

Currently, 151 KDF officers are actively engaged with 52 persons having lost their lives and 51 people still missing.

In the last 24 hours, nine people have lost their lives bringing to 188, the number of lives lost due to floods and landslides occasioned by the ongoing heavy rains across the country.

A statement from the Ministry of Interior says that 125 people have been reported injured, with 90 people currently missing.

In what is slowly becoming a humanitarian crisis, approximately 165,500 people have been displaced b y the heavy floods and mudslides, which translates to a total of 33,100 households and 1,967 schools.

Narok floods

Meanwhile, the Mai Mahiu-Narok Road is now clear and open for traffic movement after KeNHA announced its closure due to sudden siltation, coupled with heavy debris deposited on a section stretching over a kilometre on Monday, April 29 evening at Suswa area.

The Narok County emergency response teams alongside the County Security team and Red Cross successfully evacuated 90 individuals in coordinated efforts by ground and aerial units in the Masai Mara Game Reserve where 19 lodges were flooded after River Talek overflowed.

No fatalities were reported and a tracing desk has been set up at the Masai Mara Sekenani Gate.

400 National Youth Service (NYS) officers have also been deployed to reinforce the ongoing search and rescue operations in both Mai Mahiu and the Talek Area.

A Nationwide assessment of all dams, as ordered by Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki, is currently underway with inspection teams dispatched to ascertain the integrity of 192 dams identified to be high risk.