Residents at Manani village in Bumula constituency of Bungoma county are appealing for help after spates of lightning yesterday striked Sudi John and kills him.
Residents of Manani village allege that over the past ten years approximately ten people have died as a result of lighting.
This
comes days after one dairy farmer from Chorok Village in a nearby county to
Bungoma lost four dairy cows worth
Sh500,000 due to lightning.
One resident, Joseph Makawa has expressed worry over the current occurrence
of lightening in the area during rainy season because of the danger it poses to
families.Makawa added that lighting interferes with the normal way of life and called for preventive measures, such as lightning arrestors, to be quickly effected by the county and national governments in order to protect them.
Residents have expressed their worries of what will happen when El Nino Rains starts in the next few weeks, Bungoma is one of the of region that experiences high amounts of rainfall that accompanied by lighting.
The Meteorological department chair in Bungoma County has advised residents to take up measures due to expected long rains which may cause havoc to people.
Much of the country is therefore likely to experience highly enhanced rainfall which will be accompanied by lighting and Bungoma residents are advised to start planning for lighting arresters to curb death menace.
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