N- Disaster Management
BY EUGENE OMILO
Kisauni DC Tom Anjere has asked the Municipal council to demolish structures built on all road reserves in the district by January next year.
The DC said the rate at which developers are putting up buildings is alarming and that there is need to re- plan the residential areas for accessibility.
His sentiments were echoed by Deputy Mayor and area councilor John Mcharo who said public utility land is being misused in the area.
Mcharo decried of rising insecurity in the area and asked the DC to increase the number of officers patrolling the area.
The leaders were speaking during a public baraza in Bakarani yesterday after touring various projects initiated by local disaster management committees in partnership with the German Red Cross Society which is funding the project.
An official from the German RCS in Eastern Africa Moses Mungoni said his society saw the need to support coastal communities after the coastline was hit by a Tsunami in 2004.
“These communities need to be trained on how to be prepared to face such disasters and others that they are prone to. This way we save up to Sh 8,000 for every Sh 1000 spent on preparedness,” said Mungoni.
He disclosed that the society will spend Sh 80 million for the training programmes which started in 2005 and expected to end in 2010.
KRCS Disaster Response Manager Davis Okoko said the training will be expanded to other areas in Kilifi, Kwale, Tana River and Malindi districts.
Okoko said the activities undertaken included awareness creation on the need for having active disaster management committees, strengthening the existing committee to expand their roles in combating disasters as well as training the members in general disaster management and fire response.
The society has also trained life guards and provided first aid equipment and other rescue facilities at the Jomo Kenyatta public beach.
“We build the local committees’ capacity by first identifying the potential hazards then strengthen the modes used to combat them or come up with new ones,” said Okoko.
He said most residents in Kisauni are prone to floods due to poor drainage systems in the residential areas.
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