{"id":6803,"date":"2019-11-26T09:09:48","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T06:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=6803"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:42","slug":"death-toll-in-west-pokot-landslides-rises-to-52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/11\/26\/death-toll-in-west-pokot-landslides-rises-to-52\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Toll in West Pokot Landslides Rises to 52"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <strong>By Jared Nyataya and Oscar Kaikai<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The death toll from devastating landslides that hit remote villages in West Pokot County had risen to 52 on Monday as more bodies were pulled from the mounds of earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Governor John Lonyangapuo said rescue and recovery missions by various government agencies were underway, adding that the number of deaths could rise as 22 people were still missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Six bodies of three children, two women and a man have been recovered, adding to the 46 deaths recorded on Sunday, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Saturday, 16 people were admitted to Kapenguria County Referral Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two were discharged the same day while another two were referred to Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 400 people have been displaced and are camping at various primary schools located on higher ground, County Commissioner Apollo Okello said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nyarkulian, Parua and Muino villages are the worst hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang&#8217;i is expected to visit those admitted at the Kapenguria referral hospital on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nation.co.ke\/counties\/west-pokot\/Death-toll-from-West-Pokot-landslides-rises-to-52\/3444836-5361422-a83aa6z\/index.html\">Read more&#8230; <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jared Nyataya and Oscar Kaikai The death toll from devastating landslides that hit remote villages in West Pokot County had risen to 52 on Monday as more bodies were&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}