Machakos County Minister for Water Catherine Mutanu Raphael has called on parents to keenly take care of their children during this rain season.
Not only drowning in rivers but also the rains could lead to increased bouts of sickness among them colds flu. Mutanu urges parents to be on the Lookout and keep their children warm, warn them not to play openly during rains, and avoid flooded areas.
Speaking to RADA TV KENYA today, Mutanu said that it's cheap to control children's common behaviours of playing in open grounds during rains rather than taking a risk of expenses, in case they fall sick .
She asked parents to protect their children from raging waters, occasioned by the ongoing rains.
Mutanu also said that it's high time during this period when children have closed school, parents should monitor their children's behaviours , provide counselling, and stop them from loitering along rivers.
The Minister used the opportunity to call on Machakos residents to harvest rain water that goes to waste and keep it safe.
"Kindly install water guards to be able to harvest rainwater into your tanks and other storage facilities in your homes. Don't let water go to waste, " said Mutanu
Minister Catherine Mutanu observed that most homes still depend on water from rivers when they can easily harvest and store water safely from daily rains pounding.
On the other hand, Mutanu urged Machakos people to use the opportunity to plant more trees in a bid to make Machakos and Kenya at large green.
Minister Mutanu is fully committed to serving Machakos people fruitfully.
Under her leadership as the water minister in Machakos, the rate of water supply has increased , more dams have been constructed, more boreholes have been installed, county tanks have been supplied in most of Machakos institutions as a way of enhancing water supply in the county.
Machakos residents are happy with her fruitful leadership. Mutanu vows to deliver accordingly to Machakos people as she stated while taking oath of office.
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