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Kenya orders evacuation of all riverside dwellings amid deadly floods

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NAIROBI — Kenya's president ordered Tuesday the evacuation of all homes along the nation's rivers after floods killed at least 169 people in the past month, with dozens still missing.

The announcement came a day after a torrent of water swept away scores of people near the town of Mai Mahiu, about 30 miles northwest of the capital, Nairobi. President William Ruto visited a school housing some of the many people displaced by the flooding.

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