Kenya: Floods displace 20 000 people from homes

(SomaliNet) At least 20 000 people have been displaced from their homes by torrential rains in western Kenya, a government official said on Thursday.

\"We have 20 000 people displaced and 6 000 others marooned,\" said Nyamboga Mounde, the region\'s district commissioner.

Several schools in the region failed to re-open on Thursday because of the flooding, local media reported.

Last year, floods killed dozens of people and displaced 700 000 across the East African nation. - Sapa-AFP