Kenya: Garissa Governor Issues Demand to National Govt Over Flooding

Garissa County Governor Nathif Jama Adam, who is allied to the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party, has urged the national government to develop mechanisms to ensure that there is a lasting solution to the River Tana flooding.

Addressing the media on Sunday, March 31, the Governor said that the river’s recurrent flooding, which he labeled as a ‘shame,’ has cost farmers in Garissa County and the Northern Region at large for more than six decades, and swift action needs to be…