As Kenya prepares for the heavy rains (El Nino), Liquid Telecom has announced that it has moved to protect its fibre assets.

The destruction of the phenomenon affects infrastructure including communication assets which in return disrupts business operations.

The company currently provides internet, banking data and ATM services to local banks and other telecom companies and hopes to ensure smooth running during the heavy rains.

"We launched an intensive contingency project as soon as reports began to come through of particularly heavy rains ahead," said Ben Roberts, CEO of Liquid Telecom Kenya. "We fully appreciate the disruption signal failure can cause and have thus worked at three levels to ensure the best possible service through any storms and flooding ahead."

The project to protect its assets took two months of intensive work.

According to Fredrick Okello, Head of Field Operation and Maintenance at Liquid Telecom Kenya, the measures cover the Nairobi east and west regions, western, central and coastal regions.

The company has placed over 100 staff and contractors along the 1,591 km of cable from Malindi (coast of Kenya) to Malaba town (Ugandan border).

Okello said that the company has in mind the danger spots where landslides and flooding might take place. Although the fibres have protective coating to prevent water and moisture from penetrating, severe flooding present a real threat.

"There is no doubt in our minds that contingency measures deliver such significant benefits to our customers as to fully merit the attention, effort, and expense we have given them," Roberts said.