Kenya: Farmers assess damage after deadly floods

With dismay etched across her face, Martha Waema, alongside her husband, survey their three-acre farm that has been left submerged following weeks of relentless rainfall across Kenya.

Water levels would rise to shoulder height after only a night of heavy downpour on different days in April rendering the farm inaccessible.

Waema was expecting a return of 200,000 shillings ($1,500) after investing 80,000 shillings ($613) in maize, peas, cabbages, tomatoes, and kale.

But her hopes have now been dashed.

“I have been farming for 38 years, but I have never encountered…