The Kenya Livestock Marketing Council Chairman Dubat Amey has warned the government that Garissa is a high-risk area of water borne disease outbreaks following flooding.
Mr Amey said torrential rains left Dadaab sub-county heavily flooded and the outbreak is likely to affect areas with poor sanitation.
He asked the government to start preparing early for a possible outbreak of water borne diseases by stocking drugs in public health facilities in the flooded areas.
“We don’t want last minute rush to save lives. Let the county and national government start stocking anti-malarial drugs, diarrhea and other water bone related diseases in all public health facilities now,” said Amey.
According to the chairman, homes at the Dadaab area that hosts three refugee camps of Ifo, Hagadera and Daghaley were submerged with water adding that there were limited deaths among sheep and goats at the Ifo refugee camp, the worst affected camps.
Garissa County Commissioner James Kianda said that transport has been the hardest hit by the floods which left some passengers stranded.
Kianda said the worst affected is the Dadaab – Liboi road where public vehicles cannot make through the route adding that businesses have also been affected and more so the perishable miraa which never reached most of their destinations.
“Although roads in the flooded sections remain slippery, four wheeled vehicles are going through after the floods receded,” said Mr Kianda.