Families displaced in Nyamasao, Kisumu camp at a school

Nearly 500 residents of Nyando in Kisumu county have been displaced with property of unknown value destroyed due to the ongoing heavy rains. The affected residents accused both levels of government of neglect, saying that no assistance has been offered over the two week period since they were displaced from their homes. And as Laura Otieno reports, the residents have launched an appeal for the building of a dyke along River Nyando in order to permanently mitigate flooding across the vast kano plains