{"id":145603,"date":"2026-07-03T06:02:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T06:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/government-rolls-out-el-nino-response-plan-public-urged-to-heed-safety-advisories\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T06:02:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T06:02:49","slug":"government-rolls-out-el-nino-response-plan-public-urged-to-heed-safety-advisories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/government-rolls-out-el-nino-response-plan-public-urged-to-heed-safety-advisories\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Rolls Out El Ni\u00f1o Response Plan, Public Urged to Heed Safety Advisories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya Jul 3 \u2013 Deputy President Professor Kithure Kindiki has assured Kenyans that the government is fully prepared to respond to the anticipated El Ni\u00f1o rains, urging the public not to panic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking during a cabinet committee meeting, Kindiki said the government is proactively putting in place response mechanisms and activating all relevant agencies to effectively mitigate any adverse effects the meteorologically forecasted el Ni\u00f1o will bring in Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe country is prepared and we are not taken to surprise. We will ensure that we mitigate and take action to make sure we don\u2019t have disruption of movement of goods and services. We don\u2019t have public health concerns and we\u2019ll also take preventive action in the traditional areas which are prone to mudslides and landslides and flooding. And should this happen, we\u2019ll take active measures to make sure that we mitigate on loss of human life. Public safety concerns,\u201d he said<\/p>\n<p>He further appealed to Kenyans to remain prepared and to strictly follow safety instructions issued by relevant authorities, including complying with evacuation advisories where necessary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe country is prepared and we are not taken to surprise. We will ensure that we mitigate and take action to make sure we don\u2019t have disruption of movement of goods and services. We don\u2019t have public health concerns and we\u2019ll also take preventive action in the traditional areas which are prone to mudslides and landslides and flooding. And should this happen, we\u2019ll take active measures to make sure that we mitigate on loss of human life. Public safety concerns,\u201d the DP said.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya Jul 3 \u2013 Deputy President Professor Kithure Kindiki has assured Kenyans that the government is fully prepared to respond to the anticipated El Ni\u00f1o rains, urging the public not to panic. Speaking during a cabinet committee meeting, Kindiki said the government is proactively putting in place response mechanisms and activating all relevant agencies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145603\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}