Machakos County Minister for Water Catherine Mutanu Raphael has called on parents to keenly take care of their children during this rain season.
She has urged parents to stop their children from loitering along rivers.
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.
Mutanu also revealed that the county government through the Department of Water has constructed many dams in Machakos as a way of increasing water supply in the county.
She revealed that most of the department's officers are on the ground inspecting the dams and even advising the within settled residents for a good number of the dams are on full to capacity.
The Minister also noted that Machakos hasn't been left behind in efforts of greening Kenya as per President William Ruto's 15 billion tree planting initiative, saying that the County government through the Department has been planting trees on various occasions to help mitigate climate change effects in Machakos and even Kenya at large.
Soonest, Governor Wavinya Ndeti will be launching tree planting in Machakos County, exercise that will be extended to the ward level.
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