Help us: Ngata family in distress after mother nature drills sinkhole in farm
A sink hole forms in a farm in Ngata following heavy rains witnessed in Nakuru County.
A family in Kamung’ei Ngata, Rongai sub-county, is calling for government intervention as a section of their farm submerged and continues to submerge owing to the heavy downpour.
The submersion that originates from their perimeter fence into the mini forest all the way cutting off a feeder road connecting the farm, forms cracks on the ground that run all the way north of it.
A few meters from the submerged section is a sinkhole that formed immediately after.
Some of the trees in a man-made forest were uprooted after a sink hole developed in a farm in Nagta on May 3,2024.
The family partly blames the Kenya National Highways Authority (KENHA), who since starting the process of dismantling the Ngata road, created a diversion road and a cross culvert that drains all the storm water into their farm.
This has led to their crop in their farm being destroyed by the water thus interfering with their plan to establish a forage farm.
“As a family, we’ve tried various interventions including the planting of grevillea trees to slow down the runoff, but it does not seem to help,” Dennis Kirui, Susan Rono’s son, points out.
“We are asking geology experts and NEMA to advise us on the way forward.”
I meet one of the neighbours, Vicky Jematian, who notes that they’d heard of a sinking farm and wanted to see for themselves.
One of the neighbours looks at the damage caused by a sink hole that formed at a farm in Ngata estate on May 3, 2024.
She recalls that about two weeks ago, the damage was minor but has since worsened, sparking their curiosity.
“We ask the government to intervene swiftly to prevent irreversible damage before it is too late,” Jematian says.