Three people have died and more than 200 others left homeless in Nairobi's Mathare slums following floods that continue to wreak havoc in the Capital.
This was occasioned by heavy rainfall witnessed in the last few days.
A woman, identified as Jackline Achieng, and her two infants, a three and a one-year-old, on Tuesday died after a boulder crashed their house in Mathare 4A following heavy downpour in the area.
Fredrick Odhiambo, area resident and a victim, said he heard a loud bang that shook his house, and immediately ran outside to check what it could be. This, he said, happened after the rains that started at around 7.30 pm intensified after around an hour further weakening the rock-boulders that had already developed cracks, posing a glaring danger to the residents. "It quickly rang in my mind that perhaps the rocks hanging from a nearby cliff, which had developed several cracks, had collapsed.
