Embu residents live in fear of landslide

Fear has gripped residents of Kanyakiri Village, Embu County, after a tea farm was destroyed in a landslide on Saturday.

The landslide moved tea bushes and trees for about 500 metres near Kianjukoma market.

Eyewitness Patrick Muchangi said the incident happened in the early morning as farmers were about to start picking tea.

He said there was some movement that felt like an earthquake before the crops were moved to a neighbour’s farm.

“I was going to my farm to pick tea when the earth started moving and I saw the plants moving. I ran away and raised the alarm,” said Mr Muchangi.

Area Chief Mark Nyaga, who said he was informed of the incident by village elders, added that no one was injured.

He said the area had never been hit by a landslide before.