UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
10 September 2007
Posted to the web 10 September 2007
For Grimanus Otuka, a father of four and resident of Budalangi, in Hakati division of Kenya's western Busia district, the area is not a comfortable place to live because of the floods every few years.
"We are continually rebuilding our houses only for the floods to affect us again," said Otuka. "We keep losing our property and unfortunately this time round some people also died. We are always starting from scratch."
Otuka's family is one of hundreds displaced after the recent flooding. At least 20,000 people were forced to leave their homes, according to the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS). Budalangi has an estimated population of 64,000 people.
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