Farmers push a bicycle loaded with bags of potatoes along a dilapidated section of Landi-Kamarani road in Turi, Molo on Sept 8, 2011. Heavy rains have for the past one week pounded the area and locals fear the Sagatim dam may soon overflow and wreak more havoc. Photo/SULEIMAN MBATIAH .

Officials from five ministries have were Thursday sent to flooded areas to avert loss of life and property.
Special Programmes permanent secretary Andrew Mondoh said the officials will be in the Rift Valley, Western and Eastern provinces. (Read: Weatherman predicts more rainfall)
Millions of shillings had been released to deal with floods. The teams will start their work in Turkana, Nyahururu, Naivasha and Gilgil.
The civil servants are from the ministries of Public Health and Sanitation, Water and Irrigation, Roads, Youth Affairs and Sports and Agriculture.
In Turkana, floods have displaced families. Floods are expected in areas that have suffered drought and a food shortage. “We will continue with food distribution and will enhance it in some counties,” Mr Mondoh said.
Food worth Sh945 million has been sent to 160 districts.
The Kenya Meteorological Department has warned that September will have increased rains.
Relief worth Sh4.5 million will be given to internally displaced people in Gilgil, Nyahururu and Naivasha camps, Mr Mondoh said, adding that seeds worth Sh56 million as well as 200,000 bags of fertiliser have been bought for distribution to farmers in the southern Eastern Province.
The distribution starts on Monday in Ukambani and will be spread throughout the country.
Mr Mondoh said National Cereals and Produce Board depots would buy maize at market prices.
Water tanks had been bought and placed in schools, polytechnics and health centres to harvest rain water.
The Treasury has released Sh400 million to buy plastic tanks.
Mr Mondoh announced that money had been sent to 56 districts to buy 15,050 domestic animals.
Upto 100,000 doses of vaccines are now available to handle Rift Valley fever among livestockThe National Youth Service and the Department of Defence had transported more than 15,000 tonnes of relief food, Mr Mondoh said.