The Ministry of Interior on Friday, May 16, issued a notice directing residents living in four areas downstream of the Kiambere dam to evacuate citing overflow of the dam.
In the notice issued by Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo, residents in Garissa, Hola, Garsen and the lower Tana River basin were urged to seek higher ground amidst looming danger posed by the dam.
The government warned that heavy rainfall witnessed in the Mt.
Kenya and Aberdare catchment could result in imminent flooding thus affecting the residents who would be the most vulnerable. "Under the prevailing circumstances, we hereby issue an immediate voluntary evacuation directive to all communities living downstream of the multipurpose reservoir," stated PS Omollo.
