MP TIM WANYONYI CONDOLES WITH KANGEMI DAM FIRE VICTIMS

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Westlands MP Hon Tim Wanyonyi condoling with Dam  Informal Settlement fire victims on Tuesday, March 5, 2019.

5th March 2019
By Tim Sande,

Westlands MP Hon Tim Wanyonyi has this afternoon visited and condoled with more than 700 families from Kangemi Dam View Infomal Settlement whose houses were this morning destroyed by a wild fire.

The legislator who had called upon the NYS and County Government firefighters to vanquish the fire, regretted the massive loss of property. He promised to aid the fire victims. Furthermore, he lobbied for the use of  modern fireproof material while building houses to avert similar crisis.

Some of the destroyed houses at Dam Informal Settlement in Kangemi
Some of the Property Rescued from houses destroyed by a wild fire at Dam Village in Kangemi
Property Rescued from the scene of a wild fire at Kangemi Dam Village on Tuesday, March 5, 2019.

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