‘Listen to the experts!’ Azimio leaders fault Gov't over casual response to floods

The opposition Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition party leaders have faulted the government's response to the ongoing crisis occasioned by a deluge.

Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka and his DAP-K counterpart Eugene Wamalwa said the government is casually handling the situation.

Speaking on Tuesday evening at a city hotel, the Azimio co-principals said the State has the potential to mitigate and help those affected by floods but they instead appear reluctant and unaware of how to go about it.

The opposition downplayed a Cabinet sitting which was chaired by President William Ruto on Tuesday to deliberate on floods, saying the State should first recognize the magnitude of the situation and declare it a national disaster.

“We have to deal with the emergency of never learning; that in itself is an emergency, we don't seem to learn from mistakes that have been committed. The weathermen had predicted and they said there is a problem and this government is simply unable to know how to handle the situation,” said Kalonzo.

The Azimio leaders called upon the government to tap into the guidelines set by experts in order to handle the adverse effects of the current heavy downpour.

“The enormity of the disorganization in this government is very worrying and we must ask ourselves, as Kenyans, where did the rain start beating us? The rain started beating us when William Ruto himself stated that there will be no El Niño despite receiving very clear advice from the experts… so my first advice to this government is that listen to the experts,” Wamalwa added.