United Green Movement Party leader David Maraga has called on the government to release county-level emergency funds in preparation for the expected "Godzilla" El Niño, which the Kenya Meteorological Department, the World Meteorological Organization and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development's Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) warned of earlier this year.
Speaking at the party's headquarters in Westlands today, Maraga cautioned government officials against exploiting disaster management funds instead of disbursing them to address the expected crop failure, cholera and malaria outbreaks, and flooding from October to the early months of next year. He warned that if the pattern of mismanagement of disaster funds continues, ordinary citizens will bear the consequences.
