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Weather alerts at risk as Kenya’s radio stations struggle amid virus downturn

Weather alerts at risk as Kenya’s radio stations struggle amid virus downturn

 KAGOUNDU NJAGI IN these hills a two-hour drive north of Nairobi, the weather can shift quickly and sometimes violently, as recent landslides along the winding highway make clear. To keep up with weather alerts, farmers and traders have since 2008 turned to the Kangema Radio and Internet (RANET) communications system, a local radio station established with the Kenya Meteorological Department. "Many people have been displaced around here because of landslides. Heavy rains can happen without warning and cause the earth to move," said Moses Mwangi, a local farmer. "This is why the weather feeds from Kangema RANET are very important…
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