A spot check by The Eastleigh voice reveals only six speed boats were currently operating at the Kona punda section of the Garissa-Nairobi Highway causing a crisis.
Victims of the River Tana's overflow urgently need food and non-food items, as determined by an assessment of camps in Garissa Township.
They say, however, that the new camp at the Kenya Agricultural Livestock Research Organization in Galbet Ward, is overcrowded, lacks water and tents, and is unhygienic.
Tana River County Commissioner David Koskei however notes that children from schools affected by the floods will be hosted by neighbouring schools, while in other areas the government will facilitate tents.
There is a need for the construction of dams and retention ponds to reduce flood peaks and provide a more stable water source during the dry season.
Abad Kunyo, the Tana River Executive for Education, has highlighted the dire situation, revealing that over 30 ECDE centres are currently unfit for learning.
Gitonga's house is almost entirely submerged in water, forcing him to move his family to a tent as he contemplates where next to move.
Floodwaters from River Tana which burst its banks have also affected Galbet and Iftin wards, where institutions housing internally displaced persons have been partially marooned.
To prevent cases of overloading, the vessels will carry a maximum of 10 people with luggage and 15 without.
KDF confirmed deploying a Kenya Navy team of divers and marines to the site of the tragedy to assist in recovering the missing bodies.
This raises the total number of bodies recovered, since the accident in Mororo two days ago, to seven.
Senator Danson Mungatana, Women Representative Amina Dika and Bura MP Yakub Adow, reiterated the need for immediate action from both the national and county governments regarding the flood disaster in Tana River County.
Interior CS Kithure Kindiki has called for the deployment of enforcement teams to all areas prone to flooding.
Official says the bodies of four out of six people registered as missing have been found, while 13 are unaccounted for.
Kindiki cited tragedies that have occurred in different parts of the country during the last 24 hours, among them the Madogo tragedy.
The police, the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) and the Kenya Red Cross are also conducting search and rescue operations.
Garissa Township Sub-County Deputy Commissioner Duncan Rono said the incident occurred as a result of negligence by the members of the public who were risking crossing the flooded area after the government closed the road and declared it unsafe for pedestrians.
The police said the owner of the boat fled after the incident.
Twenty three people have been rescued so far, according to the Kenya Red Cross Society.
