Kasuku IDPs rendered homeless after heavy rains

BY H.N. REPORTER
Residents of Kasuku IDP camp in Nyandarua West district have been rendered homeless after a heavy downpour wrecked havoc on their makeshift tents.
  At least 100 families were affected by the torrential rainfall which has been hitting the area for the last three weeks.
  Reports reaching the Home News say that the IDPs at the camp have been suffering for  two days mid this week after the rains, and resultant floods washed away their dilapidated tents.
  Speaking to the Press, the camp’s chairlady, Joyce Wangari, said the IDPs in the camp had since the onset of the heavy rains been forced to move to higher grounds, where they are sharing tents. Wangari added that the rains had been
 going on for the last three weeks but the situation worsened this week when a hailstorm hit the area. She said the hailstorm completely destroyed most of the tattered tents rendering the tenants homeless. Wangari added that most of the IDPs spent the night out in the cold as they did not have anywhere to shelter themselves from the rains. She lamented that most of the remaining tents were now at risk of being destroyed since there was no sign of the rains abating soon.
  The few remaining tents, she said, were all flooded, adding “ we fear that they might be destroyed anytime if the rains persist and the makeshift shelters on higher grounds are also flooded.”
  The IDPs are appealing to the Government and other well-wishers to rescue them since they fear their children and elderly may contact water-borne diseases.They are also calling on the Government to provide medical supplies and food to the over 400 families living ion the camp.