Farmers across the country have something to wait for every start of the year as they engage in preparing fields readiness for the planting season.
The scorching sun that characterised January and the few weeks of February send everyone wishing for a change of weather.
This year was an exception as the temperatures hit the abnormal, and everyone was eager for the April long rains to start.
However, a ‘change of plan’ seems to have taken a toll on innocent Kenyans as the rains have continued to wreak havoc across the country.
Tens of lives have been lost, property worth millions of shillings destroyed, and Kenyans forced to persevere major turmoil in the face of the adverse weather.
A flat in Huruma, Nairobi collapsed over a week ago following the heavy rains, thereby killing more than 40 people.
Nakuru County has been hard hit by these unpredictable weather changes, creating a major irony since the rains had been eagerly waited for.
On Saturday, an officer attached to the Anti-Stock Theft Unit in Naivasha drowned after heavy rains pounded the area.
His colleagues, however, rose to the occasion and gave a hand in recovery operations.
Sections of the Nairobi-Nakuru highway were also rendered impassable after they were completely submerged following the heavy rains in the area on Saturday afternoon.
This created a traffic snarl-up which later eased as the rains subsided.
The long rains seem to have elevated to the pains as farmers, motorists and property owners continue to count losses associated with the rains, thereby posing a big threat to food security as yields may be affected downwards.
The rains, therefore, seem to have arrived with their good and bad side in an equal measure.