Matungulu MP Stephen Mule has appealed for help to help more than 700 people whose houses have been swept by floods in Nguluni Ward.
Speaking in Nguluni on Sunday, the MP said that the residents are in dire need of blankets, clean drinking water, clothing and food. Mule said that heavy rains which have been pounding in the area in the last one month have caused a trail of destruction.
“We want to appeal to both the county and the national government and other well-wishers to come to the aid of Nguluni people who have been rendered homeless by raging floods,” he said.
The MP said that most houses and business premises have been submerged in water paralysing daily activities. He added that there is a big risk of cholera outbreak in the area if nothing is done urgently.
Mule said that several schools have closed because classes are filled with water.
“For the last one week, some students have been forced to stay at home because their classes have been filled with rain water,” he said.
Mule blamed the situation on poor drainage systems and planning of the area to perennial flooding. He urged the Machakos government to draft a development plan for the sub-county to curb such disasters.