The Government through Kenya Meteorological Department has directed members of the public to wear life jackets whenever outside due to torrential rainfall throughout the country.
This mandate is supposed to reduce the number of Kenyans drowning in massive floods.
“Look, unfortunately, the rainy season is just starting,” said KMD Director Stella Maris Aura. “We had hoped it would not rain this hard, but even we must admit, you now have to put a life jacket on when going outside.”
Exempted from this rule are people who have taken swimming lessons at an approved swim lesson site.
Despite the directive, many pastoralist communities announced they would not wear life jackets until a way was devised to save their livestock.
“I am not scared of freak floods but my animals are,” mentioned Emmanuel LolKerra of Samburu County. “They have to take these cows into account and provide life jackets for them.”
Unscrupulous businessmen are expected to make killer profits from this new directive.
A senior government official hinted the move was adopted because it is cheaper than building effective drainage systems and setting up appropriate disaster management strategies.
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