A death toll from a landslide in western Kenya's Rift Valley has risen to 26, a government spokesman says, following heavy rains.

Twenty-five people were still missing and 26 others had been rescued after devastating floods in Elgeyo-Marakwet County, government spokesman Isaac Mwaura said in a statement.

Most of the rescued people were receiving treatment.

The government has deployed military planes and disaster response specialists to conduct a search and rescue operation, Mwaura added.

"Some families have lost more than five immediate relatives," Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen told reporters on Sunday.

Heavy rains that began on Friday night saturated hillsides and triggered landslides that engulfed homes in the Murkutwa, Embobut and Chesongoch settlements.

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