Mudslide sweeps house in Kilungu killing 2023 KCPE candidate

Piece by: VERONICA NTHAKYO
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• Several homesteads have been affected by the slides in that area.

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A 16-year-old girl who sat the 2023 KCPE exams has died on the spot following a mudslide at Kwa Katungu in Ndolo location in Ilima ward Kilungu subcounty.

Ilima ward administrator Dinah Matheka said the mudslide swept their house, which affected the bedroom wall where the girl was sleeping.

Several homesteads have been affected by the slides in that area.

"Redcross and Makueni disaster team is heading there," Matheka said.

According to a report from the Red Cross and the County Strategic Unit, 18 people have died as a result of the ongoing El Nino rains.

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