Kenyan floods displace 20 000
07/09/2007 11:39  - (SA)  

East Africans hit by floods 'Cholera' kills four in Kenya Kenya flood toll surges to 114 New flooding hits Kenya Floods devastate east Africa

Nairobi - Torrential rains in western Kenya have displaced at least 20 000 people, says a government official.

Nyamboga Mounde, the region's district commissioner, said: "We have 20 000 people displaced and 6 000 others marooned."

It was reported that several schools in the region failed to reopen on Thursday owing to the flooding.

Last year, floods killed dozens of people and displaced 700 000 across the east African nation.

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