NAIROBI, Kenya —Kenya’s interior minister says 29 people have been killed in mudslides, among the 34 people overall who lost their lives Saturday amid flooding in the East Africa nation.

Heavy rains unleashed overnight floods in western Kenya. The country's interior cabinet secretary, Fred Matiangi, said 17 people died in a mudslide in the village of Takmal in the Pokot Central district, while 12 others lost their lives in mudslides in the villages of Parua and Tapach in Pokot South.

Five other people died when their car was swept away on the road between Kitale and Lodwar after two rivers overflowed their banks, said Apollo Okello, West Pokot County Commissioner.

Mr. Okello said five other people died when their car was swept away on the road between Kitale and Lodwar after two rivers overflowed their banks.