{"id":159,"date":"2026-09-24T12:06:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T12:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=159"},"modified":"2026-09-24T12:06:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T12:06:44","slug":"nairobi-steps-up-flood-preparations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=159","title":{"rendered":"NAIROBI STEPS UP FLOOD PREPARATIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>HEADLINE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nairobi Intensifies Drainage Clearance Ahead of Expected El Ni\u00f1o Rains<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Hadrine Joyce | September 24, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nairobi authorities have intensified efforts to clear drainage systems and waterways across the city as preparations continue for anticipated El Ni\u00f1o rains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Nairobi Rivers Commission says drainage clearance is underway in several parts of the capital, including <strong>Westlands, Eastlands, Starehe and South C<\/strong>. Teams are unclogging drains and clearing waterways to improve stormwater flow and reduce the risk of flooding.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities are also preparing to rehabilitate <strong>Nairobi Dam<\/strong>, which officials say has suffered from waste accumulation, encroachment and poor maintenance. The county has identified <strong>227 flood hotspots<\/strong> and established an Emergency Operations Centre and hotline <a href=\"tel:1508\"><strong>1508<\/strong><\/a> for residents to report emergencies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Nairobi County Government has also deployed additional earth-moving equipment to vulnerable areas and is widening, deepening and desilting drainage channels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"945\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_0522.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_0522.webp 945w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_0522-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_0522-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HEADLINE Nairobi Intensifies Drainage Clearance Ahead of Expected El Ni\u00f1o Rains By Hadrine Joyce | September 24, 2026 Nairobi authorities have intensified efforts to clear drainage systems and waterways across the city as preparations continue for anticipated El Ni\u00f1o rains. The Nairobi Rivers Commission says drainage clearance is underway in several parts of the capital, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159\/revisions\/161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}