They want to be supplied with condoms in the camps.
Kenya Defence Forces soldiers recently rescued over 1,000 Kilifi County residents following raging floods after River Sabaki burst its banks.
According to reports by Daily Nation seen by The Evening Post on Tuesday, May 1, a section of flood victims in Kilifi cried out to the county government to distribute condoms to them.
Kilifi floods residents have appealed to the government to supply them with condoms. Photo: KDF/ Facebook
Additionally elders in the camp urged the government to consider the matter as urgent.
“The need for condoms here is great. Some of us came with our teenagers and, since they are sexually active, our fear is that they may engage in unprotected sex, which could lead to infections,” said Mzee Kitsao, an elder.
"We need condoms because we are congested here and we don't know each other's status and maybe you have met with your lover who you used to be intimate with previously," said a resident in a video by Nation.
Photos of KDF soldires rescuing Kilifi residents from floods touched Kenyans. Photo: KDF/ Facebook
Their appeal comes barely a week after the KDF gallant soldiers were seen risking their lives as they evacuated the affected residents along with their belongings as reported by TUKO.co.ke.
Kenyans were touched by pictures of the men in uniform carrying the elderly and children in their arms to safer grounds.
Heavy rains pounding different parts of the country have caused massive displacements and destruction to property even as Kenya Meteorological Department warned of even more rains and floods across the country.
