A city planner has advised the Nairobi county leadership to avoid knee-jerk reactions and put in place a long-term strategy on how to address persistent flooding. Town and County Planners Associations chairman Mairura Omwenga yesterday faulted plans unveiled on Monday by Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja to counter El Nino, terming them ‘knee-jerk reactions’. “There is a need for a long-term strategy for drainage for the city to handle flooding,” Omwenga told the Star. Omwenga said most of the floods to the city are coming from counties outside the city. “The first and most important measure is the cleaning and draining of our drainages to avoid flooding,” Sakaja said at Uhuru Park while unveiling the El Nino plan.

Source: The Star September 14, 2023 05:51 UTC