10 June 2018•Update: 11 June 2018
By Magdalene Mukami and Andrew Wasike
NAKURU, Kenya
Turkey’s state aid agency has distributed food and non-food items to 250 Kenyan families, who were among survivors of last month's dam tragedy that claimed 45 lives, in Nakuru county.
Last month, at least 45 people were killed after Patel Dam in the town of Nakuru burst as a result of heavy rains that have been pounding the region.
Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) donated 5 kilograms of rice and sugar, 6 kilograms of wheat, 10 kilograms of maize flour, cooking oil, tea leaves, salt, green grams dates.
TIKA Coordinator in Kenya Emre Yuksek told Anadolu Agency that the beneficiaries of the donation were both from Muslim and Christian communities.
Yuksek said 150 personal care kits were also distributed among the survivors of the dam tragedy.
The Turkish delegation also paid a visit to the site and visited the graves of the people who died due to the floods.
