Nairobi’s new El Niño planning scenarios put 22,000–25,000 households at risk in a medium case and up to 100,000 in a worst case. Africa3000 examines what the numbers reveal about housing, drainage, evacuation and the unfinished lessons of 2024.
Category: climate
Kenya El Niño preparedness 2026
El Niño has developed and Kenya expects enhanced October–December rainfall. Government preparations are under way, but Nairobi’s structural flood risks show why forecasting is only the beginning.
Kenya food insecurity 2026
Millions of people in Kenya remain under severe food pressure, but the country is not one uniform hunger map. Current assessments point to concentrated hardship in northern and eastern pastoral counties and refugee settlements — driven by rainfall, prices, water, livelihoods and shrinking humanitarian support.