A report from the government has indicated that 28 children are among 52 people who were killed on Monday flash floods in Mai Mahiu, Nakuru County.
The report also revealed that 49 people are still missing and are yet to be accounted for, and 12 are recuperating in various hospitals.
Rift valley Regional Commissioner Dr Abdi Hassan said 129 learners were also affected, 93 being primary school learners while 36 are secondary school students.
The victims will be relocated from Ngeya Girls Secondary School to allow for the school to reopen next week.
Meanwhile, the national government has put up 115 Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in 19 counties to house people affected by floods, which now are holding 27,586 people.
Interior CS Kithure Kindiki reports that the floods have claimed 210 lives.
In a statement on Friday, Kindiki said the government is making specific interventions to meet demand for food, which include rice and beans totaling 336,000kgs.
More food and medical kits are also needed in the affected counties where rescue operations are still ongoing, including Narok, Kajiado, Garissa, West Pokot, Kiambu, Migori, Nyeri, Siaya, Nyandarua, Kirinyaga and Tana River.
The CS said 178 dams and water reservoirs in 33 counties have filled up or are nearly filled up and may spill over any time, posing a high risk to persons living in their neighbourhood.
He ordered all persons residing around dams and water reservoirs to vacate within 24 hours effective today, failure to which they will be subjected to mandatory evacuation for their safety.
The government has put in place adequate measures to provide temporary shelter as well as food and non-food essential supplies to all those who will be affected by the vacation and evacuation orders.
Mandatory evacuation will be carried out strictly between 0600 hours and 1830 hours. No mandatory evacuation will be carried out at night.
National Government Administration Officers (NGAOs) have been directed to work with county governments, humanitarian organizations and other stakeholders to ensure that the process of notification, vacation and mandatory evacuation, as well as provision of temporary shelter, food and non-food essential supplies are carried out in a timely, humane and effective way.
All persons residing within the 30-metre riparian corridor of rivers and other water courses across the country have been ordered to vacate immediately for their safety and settlement.
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