No life will be lost to El Nino floods, Sakaja tells Senate
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja during an inspection tour of the ongoing drainage system expansion. [ GPS] Thousands of families living on the edges of Nairobi City's riparian zones have always been at risk whenever there are heavy rains are reported, for many years now. The meteorologists have already issued an alert about a protracted El Ni o phase extending from October to February, with the Nairobi County Government seeking to change this trajectory. Appearing before the Senate County Public Investments and Special Funds Committee, Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja laid out an aggressive, multi-agency blueprint designed to shield the capital's five million residents from the impending floods.
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