KENYA: Heavy rains to affect hundreds of thousands

NAIROBI Friday, November 14, 2008 (IRIN) - At least 300,000 people will require humanitarian aid in the next three months due to flash flooding and landslides, as well as continuing conflict, the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) warned. "The number is a projection for November, December and January, which are expected to be severe," Titus Mung’ou, the KRCS public relations officer, told IRIN on 13 November. According to the KRCS, almost KSh586 million (about US$7.8 million) would be required for...