Kisumu Senator Prof Tom Ojienda (C), is flanked by Lamu Senator Joseph Kamau (R), and the Nominated Senator for Nyandarua, George Mbugua during a press briefing at Sarova Whitesands Beach Resort in Mombasa on April 26, 2024, where the Senate Committee on National Security and Foreign Affairs was to meet Interior CS Kithure Kindiki. They called for an urgent need for enhanced flood preparedness measures amidst ongoing heavy rains in response to the escalating death toll from floods across the country.