{"id":40334,"date":"2025-11-01T21:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T21:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=40334"},"modified":"2025-11-01T21:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T21:04:09","slug":"c20eeqn2qlyoat_mediumrssat_campaignrss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/01\/c20eeqn2qlyoat_mediumrssat_campaignrss\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenyan landslide kills 21 after heavy rainfall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The Kenyan government has confirmed that 21 people have died following a landslide in the western part of the country after heavy rainfall. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen said the bodies had been transferred to a nearby airstrip after the landslide in Marakwet East late on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">He said on X that more than 30 people were still unaccounted for after being reported missing by their families while 25 people with serious injuries had been airlifted to receive further medical attention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The Kenyan Red Cross, which is helping to coordinate rescue efforts, said that the most affected areas are still not accessible by road due to mudslides and flash flooding. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The Kenyan government paused the search and rescue operation on Saturday evening but said it would resume on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;Preparation to supply more food and non-food relief items to the victims is underway,&#8221; said Murkomen, adding: &#8220;Military and police choppers are on standby to transport the items.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Kenya is in its second rainy season when it usually experiences a few weeks of wet weather compared to a heavier, more prolonged period earlier in the year. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The government has urged people living near seasonal rivers as well as areas that experienced landslides on Friday to move to safer ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Meanwhile, flash flooding and landslides in Uganda, near the border with Kenya, have killed a number of people since last Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">On Saturday, the Uganda Red Cross said another mudslide had occurred in Kapsomo village in the east of the country, destroying a house and killing four people inside. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The Red Cross said floods had severely affected most villages near riverbanks in the Bulambuli District. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">It said continuous heavy rainfall had caused the River Astiri and the River Sipi &#8220;to overflow, resulting in widespread destruction of homes, crop fields, and community infrastructure&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Kenyan #landslide #kills #heavy #rainfall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kenyan government has confirmed that 21 people have died following a landslide in the western part of the country&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40336,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40334\/revisions\/40336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}