The Ministry of Health is stepping up preparations for a possible El Nino linked health crisis, with expected heavy rains threatening to increase demand for services and overwhelm facilities.

Kenya’s experience with devastating El Niño rains, from the 1997/98 disaster to the severe flooding of 2023/24, shows that, approach to disaster preparedness has evolved.

The government announces measures to prepare for above-normal rains expected during the October to December (OND) season, with early onset forecast in Western, Nyanza, North…