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Kenya Red Cross to Conduct Disaster Early Action Protocol in Busia

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Busia — The Kenya Red Cross Society has plans to conduct a disaster simulation exercise in Busia County.

Speaking to stakeholders at Busia Agricultural Training Centre on Thursday, The Kenya Red Cross Disaster Officer Pater Murgor explained that the exercise is a test on how people can be helped to take action before they are affected by floods.

“The simulation exercise itself is a test that needs to be understood that it is not about giving items to affected people but doing a test on how we can help people to take action before they are affected,” he explained.

Murgor pointed out that Bunyala Sub County is the most affected by floods hence the need to test some of the protocols that have been set by the organization.

“The protocol detailed a lot of risk analysis from our data department and after analysis the department is now trying to see its prioritized actions on the five impact areas including loss of lives, displacement of persons, outbreak of water borne diseases, vector borne diseases and destroyed infrastructure,” he said.

He further said that the whole idea was to have a stakeholder engagement forum led by the County Commissioner so that they have a multi-agency approach to handling the flood menace.

The official at the same time disclosed that his team is looking at a place which is not affected by floods currently but the risk of being prone to floods are very high.

“One of the areas we have seen is Bunyala East and we will be working closely with the Deputy County Commissioner from Bunyala to identify a small location where we can carry out this test,” he said.