Judge Lawrence Mugambi stated that KHRC should serve the respondents. He set May 27, 2024, as the next date for further directions.
KHRC filed a case to hold multiple government figures and entities accountable for negligence during the floods that ravaged homes, displaced hundreds of thousands, and tragically claimed hundreds of lives nationwide.
Intense heavy rainfall, which began in March 2024, struck Kenya, and the government failed to implement a timely national response plan.
This negligence persisted despite a warning from the Kenya Meteorological Department on July 30, 2023, regarding the intensification of the country’s rainy season due to the El Niño weather pattern.
As a result, homes were ravaged, hundreds of thousands of people were displaced, and hundreds more killed.
Consequently, KHRC on May 16, 2024, filed a lawsuit against multiple government figures and entities for negligence and conducting evictions in the Mukuru Kwa Reuben and Kwa Njenga slums during floods, which caused more harm to an already vulnerable situation.
In the case, KHRC is demanding compensation for flood victims.