Kenya dam collapse: Dozens killed in town north of Nairobi
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Күн бұрынAt least 40 people have been killed after a dam burst its banks in a town north of the Kenyan capital Nairobi.
Water from the Old Kajiabo Dam washed away houses and cut off a major road.
Search and rescue efforts are underway.
Floods caused by unusually heavy rains have killed dozens of people across East Africa since March.
Al Jazeera’s Catherine Soi is at the dam that burst in Nakuru county and Malcolm Webb is east of the capital at another dam at risk of overflowing.
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@vityke 16 күн бұрын
May God have mercy on Kenyans.Prayers 🙏from Hungary.
@just.mana_ke 15 күн бұрын
thak you bro we are goig through hardship
@unknownname1941 15 күн бұрын
thank you
@user-yc5sz8xk3p 15 күн бұрын
Amen
@chichivera7944 15 күн бұрын
Amen.
@terespeters3288 16 күн бұрын
May God Protect Every One In Kenya , I am in Germany 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@just.mana_ke 15 күн бұрын
thank you bro we are going through harder times
@unknownname1941 15 күн бұрын
thank you
@dugulemuse4458 16 күн бұрын
Iam stranded in Nairobi heading to Garissa Town but no roads, people are dying GOD help us 😭
@galemartin9155 16 күн бұрын
No one has time for the israeli-palestinian conflict because everyone's too busy trying to survive this decade.
@okellojenny232 15 күн бұрын
From your neighboring country, Uganda, I am saddened by this tragedy and pray for strength for those who lost loved ones and best way forward for the rest
@Bilanu 16 күн бұрын
Iam here in Nairobi but I don't have any idea 😢 what brothers and sisters are going through. pole
@swambulwar 16 күн бұрын
Must be nice to live in a bubble like you. I actually passed through mai mahiu today and the carnage I saw there was traumatizing and devastating.
@accabmareeba4614 16 күн бұрын
Kenyan media has been captured by a rogue government,all they say and show is ruto goin to church,to the toilet ,to the village,to launch already launched projects.Pure nonsense.
@mimi5569 15 күн бұрын
Because you are a baby
@petermacharia7171 15 күн бұрын
You can pay a visit.
@JoyzMichelles-eh8vs 13 күн бұрын
Andika tu Kwa Swahili kizungu kitakuchanganya
@izzydmbeat5989 15 күн бұрын
In Zambia we a struggling with drought while others it’s the opposite…
@The_Cruise_Fam 13 күн бұрын
Hmmmmmm. Only God knows his ways. May god give you all strength.
@kandie_ 16 күн бұрын
That second reporter is fluent in mentioning kenyan towns. Great reporting.
@priscillamuthiani9213 16 күн бұрын
She's Kenyan
@primeblink2570 16 күн бұрын
@@priscillamuthiani9213 its he the second one
@MohamedAmin-zz8wo 15 күн бұрын
Soi is kenyan😂
@panafrican.nation 15 күн бұрын
Catherine Wambua-Soi
@prakritighodki1192 16 күн бұрын
Thanks to rescue team for rescuing people. 🙏
@jacknapier3651 16 күн бұрын
No rescue team bro, only Red Cross
@chepparmaps 16 күн бұрын
FACT CHECK: There is no Kijabe Dam and there never has been one. Reports being circulated by mainstream media about a dam in Kijabe are totally inaccurate and misleading. The tragedy in Old Kijabe Town is not linked to a dam. A blocked tunnel under the old railway lines created a lake which eventually broke after days of build-up.
@PaulStringini 16 күн бұрын
So it was a different kind of dam. Unintentional. Not something intentionally put there as a dam. Worth noting, but both things are called dams.
@chepparmaps 16 күн бұрын
@@PaulStringini Good observation. A dam is intentionally built and observed to minimise such occurrences. AJ should do their work and accurately report.
@user-gb1tn3cn2b 16 күн бұрын
Even local news reported early morning bwawa
@marykinuthia6067 16 күн бұрын
What?😢😢😢😢
@PaulStringini 16 күн бұрын
@@chepparmaps You have never heard of a natural dam? Just google it.
@Lilichic_Wambui 16 күн бұрын
Lord have mercy on Kenya. This is so sad
@crazyfootballworld5191 16 күн бұрын
Kenya is incompetent when it comes to disaster preparedness.
@Fit_Otiende 16 күн бұрын
Corruption 😢 in every corner.
@Mariama-tk5jl 16 күн бұрын
I live in a "well prepared" city but the system was overwelmed for less than this. Pole sanna 😢
@mooncake387 16 күн бұрын
Most African countries are, it's crazy how its 2024 and we still have so much poverty
@kibe3602 16 күн бұрын
So what about Dubai? Watch your loose talk
@sammylagat6980 16 күн бұрын
@@kibe3602 they have search and rescue. In Kenya the money is budgeted for emergencies but it's embezzled
@anitagubalane7510 16 күн бұрын
My deeply condolences for the families who's lost their loved ones from this dam burst in Nairobi, Kenya. 🙏🇰🇪😢
@user-ts1kz1lw9p 16 күн бұрын
Poleni sana
@fardowsamohamedhassan1570 16 күн бұрын
GOD save the people of Kenya .
@raphaelmbuthia1337 16 күн бұрын
No dam in kijabe!!stop confusing pple!!!!
@FutureHellen 16 күн бұрын
Dear God,the most Holy one,keep for us a safe place in paradise.
@user-wy9pe7po6y 16 күн бұрын
We send our sincere condolences to the bereaved families,may God protect Kenya.
@LawofGod 15 күн бұрын
Kenya 🇰🇪 praying 🙏🏽
@prakritighodki1192 16 күн бұрын
It's very sad news , may the souls rest in eternal peace , deepest condolences to the families of the dead. 🙏
@sudhakar35gm 15 күн бұрын
India is suffering from water scarcity and there is flood at Kenya !!!
@wambuijaniffer9407 15 күн бұрын
Sad, I don't like her reporting . She is overwhelmed, and her thoughts are too disorganised
@user-el8zm3ij6m 16 күн бұрын
Prayers
@user-oy5gv4cr4d 16 күн бұрын
Pole dear Kenyan brothers and sisters.
@annettaliverpool2315 14 күн бұрын
Praying from Guyana South America 🇬🇾. Strength and God's Devine intervention.
@trutharchaeologist 16 күн бұрын
When people are told to move to higher grounds and fail to move, or build houses opposite rivers whether permanent or seasonal, expect such disasters to happen, and that is part of failure of the Kenyan government to enforce rules
@lucymwai7645 16 күн бұрын
Ignorant people
@REDOS1988 15 күн бұрын
Prayers for these families ❤❤❤
@panafrican.nation 16 күн бұрын
_"I keep seeing the media saying this was a burst dam. It was not. There has never been a dam here. Blocked tunnel under the old railway lines created a lake. It broke after days of build up."_ _"Absolutely, there's no actual dam in Kijabe. The disaster was caused by blocked railway tunnels acting as unintended dams."_
@johkimeu 16 күн бұрын
Sounds indirectly like the blocked tunnel created a dam? By definition a dam is just a blockage along a moving body of water.
@panafrican.nation 16 күн бұрын
@@johkimeu Yes but the media is implying that there's a purpose-built dam in Kijabe, and giving it various names: Kijabe Dam, Old Kijabe Dam etc
@PaulStringini 16 күн бұрын
@@johkimeu Right. What they could say is that this was not an intentional dam. My first thought was "belt and roads" but I guess not.
@user-ks2uo3qh7i 16 күн бұрын
@@panafrican.nation Thank you for the clarification. Appreciated
@simonnjuguna612 16 күн бұрын
I think the river drains into the tunnel which directs water into the underground river that drains it's water into lake Naivasha.
@patriciaa4451 16 күн бұрын
The water seems to have gone halfway up the house 😢
@antomike1007 16 күн бұрын
The burst dam was like 100000 times smaller than masinga in terms of capacity, just to crarify
@alicewangui9656 15 күн бұрын
What?What's the status of masinga dam?
@lakechtasse8031 16 күн бұрын
Sorry, to see such tragedy! Our brothers and sisters in Kenya are facing relentless hardships.
@annnjeri5539 14 күн бұрын
Prayers from Boston
@MimiVerbana 15 күн бұрын
O no sad news! Condolences to the families. I hope to see some aid organizations help with shelters and make repairs. I wish they could capture that water into a reservoir for future droughts though.
@ekaremi 16 күн бұрын
Lord have Mercy
@asifiqbal9607 16 күн бұрын
May Almighty bless them
@felixombati6423 16 күн бұрын
Africa must realise that we need to stand strong and survive
@asianconnection7701 16 күн бұрын
ASIAN must realise we need to stand strong and survive Caucasians must realise they need to stand strong and survive.
@user-ou5hm9iu2i 16 күн бұрын
Against nature???
@prosperousnatasha8153 15 күн бұрын
My prayers go out to those in the path of the floods and for their loved ones ❤🙏🏾
@AyekoTonny 15 күн бұрын
😢😢 tooo sad and sorry
@queenyakinangop4096 15 күн бұрын
Waa handi miti inaanguka kweli mungu ametukasirikia
@clairmontjoseph775 15 күн бұрын
Show us the dam
@8Kdiscoveryexpeditions 15 күн бұрын
Very sad events happening in Kenya. Sending prayers
@prakritighodki1192 16 күн бұрын
May God protect everyone. 🙏
@ahmedfeleb4877 16 күн бұрын
Poleni sana my fellow Kenyans. May their souls rest in peace 🙏
@andrejturan2525 16 күн бұрын
Is that water going to nile?
@mattews957 15 күн бұрын
Indian ocean
@kelvinmuthusi4461 16 күн бұрын
Am in Nairobi ..this place is far from Nairobi ..may God protect them
@JamesKeru 15 күн бұрын
Kijabe is barely 30 miles from Nairobi dummy. And that’s near if you drive that is.
@KiguruNganga 16 күн бұрын
I live in Kamulu, a town in Nairobi county that doesn't receive much of the rainfall by receives all the sewage and most of the runoff that feeds into Athi river. My God we are facing it!!! ..... Last night my parent's house was swamped so we spent all day pumping out water and laying down sand bags. At least I've seen our MCA (Ward Representative) but I still feel the response from our central government has been wanting. This is a national disaster and the president should mobilize every resource and send the MPs back to their constituencies to help their electrolate.
@zippyk.6277 15 күн бұрын
When they are campaigning, no one needs to send them, they bring themselves to the people only when they need them for votes. Such a self-centred lot!
@user-qq9hj3gx3r 15 күн бұрын
😢God have mercy on Kenya
@bighand1530 16 күн бұрын
The Watchman River channel’s newest vid brought me here. I pray not just for the people’s physical and mental well beings, but also for their salvation(s)too.
@rugendorunene545 13 күн бұрын
Water... I am going home to the Indian Ocean, and yet some individuals want to close my path😂😂😂😂, doesn't work Like That!
@davidallen6434 16 күн бұрын
Sorry About Your Problems...
@bettymar7430 16 күн бұрын
May God be with you
@emiliobello2538 16 күн бұрын
In memory of the victims
@shareernoor994 15 күн бұрын
Very sad situation. Government of Kenya should do for them.
@johngikonyo6247 15 күн бұрын
All God's comfort to every family involved
@kimanikiem 15 күн бұрын
kajaido ni wapi?? its Kijabe!!
@MaryMaulo-gk2ln 14 күн бұрын
O God please have mercy on us Kenyans,,am heartbroken for my brothers and sisters what they're going through 😭😭😭
@KenaLurv 16 күн бұрын
💔
@wanguinjuguna991 16 күн бұрын
Narok town not Nakuru
@josephgatonye6915 15 күн бұрын
There was no dam that burst by the way
@user-dz7hu1nz3u 14 күн бұрын
God help our brothers in Kenya God have mercy on them and her they cry
@queenyakinangop4096 15 күн бұрын
Uuúi😢 Jesu tuiguire tha mwathani
@salimbilali5174 16 күн бұрын
Where are the Kenya navy
@MohamedAmin-zz8wo 15 күн бұрын
In the ocean😂
@felixculpa3520 15 күн бұрын
Incompetence and corruption caused this, not the rain.
@WakenaVijanaInitiatives 15 күн бұрын
Our hearts go out to those impacted and who continue to be impacted by this tragedy.
@pdana81 14 күн бұрын
This is what happens to innocent people because of not just Global Warming but everything happening worldwide like wars & protests, innocent people are getting the worst of it. Mother Earth is crying out & fighting back. It's sounds like the water was roaring from what I've heard from the news. That's how Mother Earth screams. @3:07 you can still hear her crying. Much love, strength & prayers to all the people who are suffering & have lost so many people from this natural disaster, this is way worse than hurricane Katrina. Sending my heartfelt condolences to everyone who has lost loved ones & so much more in this natural disaster... ❤💔😢🦅 Much love from Sipayik (aka Pleasant Point), 1 of the Passamaquoddy Tribal Reservations in Maine, USA.
@Lagubaray 15 күн бұрын
Drought there is the enough water,hope you grow more crops with it,what ever damage lack of rain was more sever?
@paulinenungari7096 15 күн бұрын
😢😢😢woi ngai woigire ndugatunina Na maiii
@zoesoteria5327 15 күн бұрын
God have mercy
@redemptahasuka2560 15 күн бұрын
We blame Benny Hinn
@ronaldeastgate8988 16 күн бұрын
It was rain not damaged sister
@johnmingala6704 16 күн бұрын
It's kijabe dam
@janicekarimi1953 15 күн бұрын
God have mercy on all affected.
@jamesnyabuto5091 15 күн бұрын
There was no dam upstream of mai mahiu...... it's a blockage caused by railway drainage system
@salston7002 15 күн бұрын
I wonder if they will get 90+ Billion dollars like Ukraine.. 🤔
@brianontori8384 15 күн бұрын
Waaa kimeturambesi
@christineomolo4906 15 күн бұрын
God have mercy on my people.
@KWO23 16 күн бұрын
Nakuru is the fourth largest city in Kenya, it' s not just a town North of Nairobi.
@Nyanza.Spectacle 16 күн бұрын
To locate Nakuru on the global map its bearing must be traced from country's headquarter Nairobi, Kenya.
@Nyanza.Spectacle 16 күн бұрын
To locate Nakuru on the global map its bearing must be traced from country's headquarter Nairobi, Kenya.
@JamesKeru 15 күн бұрын
The town they are talking about is Kijabe not Nakuru, dummy!
@user-tk6lc8zv9c 15 күн бұрын
Though the area is in Nakuru county, Nakuru city is about 100 kms away.
@JamesKeru 15 күн бұрын
@@user-tk6lc8zv9c not really, the area is at the border with KIAMBU county. In fact the dam is in Kiambu County but it flooded downhill and caused devastation a few kilometres across the border. The place is barely 30miles from Nairobi.
@pele17156 15 күн бұрын
This all happening while some of the leaders are abroad and are spending like drunken sailor renovating state houses around the nation. The hospitality spending every month is just bananas. This is all screwed up in kenya.
@charlesmuriungi4547 16 күн бұрын
Which Dam....?
@chepparmaps 16 күн бұрын
No dam! 🙃. Tell them Charles
@NKD1ZZ0H 15 күн бұрын
Not a dam please verify FIRST
@gracewairimu937 14 күн бұрын
God have mercy on us
@bornawinner8438 16 күн бұрын
Catherine you aren't representing us well, umewadanganya eti maiu mahiu iko side gani ya nairobi!!? 😢😂
@PermittedToSpeak876 15 күн бұрын
See why people should build concrete house..
@PermittedToSpeak876 15 күн бұрын
That family there😂
@diazvirdani1059 16 күн бұрын
*Kenya🇰🇪 have border disputes with South Sudan.* make border agreement & peace!
@r..6842 16 күн бұрын
We blame the president ruto he did not put measures to stop this ,poor leadership
@emanuelthompson8737 15 күн бұрын
If the government of Kenya stops taking foreign aid money to fix the infrastructure and develop the engineering industry to handle infrastructure, only then will the country become a major power in Africa. All of the so-called graduates of universities in Kenya cannot use their talents to build bridges,buildings and structures able to withstand climate changes.
@user-kp7lb1bm5v 16 күн бұрын
When it's to comes to mother nature please no one is spared whether rich or poor.time is over the messiah is coming
@ranger7245 15 күн бұрын
Are you an Arabic speaker? Struggling with the English language
@sallyzachariah8913 15 күн бұрын
It's the time to repent and turn to God Almighty
@shahidakhanam3449 16 күн бұрын
Please save the dogs too 😢
@kenmwongela83 15 күн бұрын
Catherine Soi... Big up❤
@sallyzachariah8913 15 күн бұрын
Jesus Christ is the one and only saviour of all mankind
@sallyzachariah8913 15 күн бұрын
Call up on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and save your soul before the death happens
@marykinuthia6067 16 күн бұрын
😢😢😢
@HomannisonPhilkParty 16 күн бұрын
Sad President Obama of Kenya US should visit.
@Nibiru-tq5ul 15 күн бұрын
Слава Ануннакам быт тому
@chepparmaps 16 күн бұрын
theres no dam there... get your facts right
@njambizzy 16 күн бұрын
What facts are you talking about. Old Kijabe Dam is where she's reporting from and Masinga Dam is where he's reporting from.
@chepparmaps 16 күн бұрын
@@njambizzy Mainstream media is FACT CHECK: There is no Kijabe Dam and there never has been one. Reports being circulated by mainstream media about a dam in Kijabe are totally inaccurate and misleading. The tragedy in Old Kijabe Town is not linked to a dam. A blocked tunnel under the old railway lines created a lake which eventually broke after days of build-up.
@chepparmaps 16 күн бұрын
@@njambizzy FACT CHECK: There is no Kijabe Dam and there never has been one. Reports being circulated by mainstream media about a dam in Kijabe are totally inaccurate and misleading. The tragedy in Old Kijabe Town is not linked to a dam. A blocked tunnel under the old railway lines created a lake which eventually broke after days of build-up.
@PaulStringini 16 күн бұрын
When water gets blocked up, even by accident. In English, we call that a dam.
@njambizzy 16 күн бұрын
@@chepparmaps so why are the people in the hospital who were interviewed saying there was a dam? Wouldn't they know if one exists or not?
@ronaldeastgate8988 16 күн бұрын
The kenyan aljazera re porter is a jok how u call rainy which killed alot of people and damaged everything in the country a dam😂😂
@PaulStringini 16 күн бұрын
There was something that blocked the water temporarily. Then it broke. That is a dam. At least it is in English.
@jayo7812 15 күн бұрын
Stop trying to gaslight. As we all know the English language, everyone has a clear understanding of what a dam is. Usually man made and intentionally made to trap water to create a reservoir. Water getting trapped in an old abandoned colonial railway tunnel is different from a conventional dam. And especially when you start to christen it with new names like Kijabe Dam. I don't see why they couldn't just report that water got stuck due to particulate buildup in an old railway tunnel that eventually collapsed and caused flooding. If you've done your due diligence as a journalist it's not hard to just report that. Furthermore, the journalist even wrongly mentions the direction of the town. That just puts into question if they are good journalists if they can't even mention the correct location and the circumstances that led to the death of several people. But we are not surprised anyway@@PaulStringini
@CongoFarmTV. 16 күн бұрын
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