JKLIVE | Floods: Death and Destruction

5 May 2024 - The death toll from rains in Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul rose to 56, local authorities said on Saturday morning, while dozens still have not been accounted for.

5 May 2024 - The World Meteorological Organization warns that Tropical Cyclone Hidaya, which is projected to make landfall in Tanzania and Kenya this weekend, threatens to worsen the humanitarian crisis triggered by torrential rains in these and other heavily flooded…

4 May 2024 - Sergeant Cliphonce Omondi has been laid to rest at Alego/Usonga in Siaya amid demands for answers into the military chopper crash that killed him alongside CDF General Francis Ogolla and eight others last month.

4 May 2024 - Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) General Charles Kahariri on Saturday made a visit to the Mai Mahiu Disaster Recovery Center, where he reviewed the ongoing efforts by a coalition of agencies responding to recent devastating flash floods.

4 May 2024 - Royal Media Services (RMS) journalists shone during the Annual Journalism Excellence Awards (AJEA) held in Nairobi.

4 May 2024 - Over 62,000 Kenyans have been displaced by the ongoing floods and are currently living in various camps for the internally displaced across the country.

4 May 2024 - Thirty two Kenyan pastoralists from the Turkana community who were imprisoned by a Ugandan military court for a year have finally been released.

4 May 2024 - Three people died following a grisly road accident near Nakuru Teachers College on the Nakuru - Eldoret highway involving a 14-seater matatu and a truck on Saturday afternoon.

4 May 2024 - The national rugby women’s team, Lionesses, lost their opening match of the Rugby Africa women’s cup after falling 22-29 to host Madagascar. The Kenya Lionesses started strongly pinning the hosts in their own 22. The resultant pressure saw the Lionesses…

4 May 2024 - Majority Leaders of both Houses of Parliament have faulted opposition chief Raila Odinga over his criticism of the government, urging him to respect President William Ruto who has publicly backed his African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson bid.