Kenyan authorities say some families have lost more than five relatives following a landslide. Photo: AP PHOTO

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

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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 operatio

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