The ministry added that it had established temporary shelters and provided food and basic supplies to the evacuees, and they would be placed at assembly points.
Evacuations included areas near Nairobi Dam and Titanic Dam. The Ministry of Interior said the buildings within the wetland area on the Nairobi River would be removed.
It is unclear how many people will be affected by the evacuation order.
Mr Ruto also ordered all schools, which were scheduled to reopen on Monday after the Easter break, to remain closed until further notice due to the flooding.
The Kenyan government has faced criticism over the speed of its response to the ongoing natural disaster.
Although President Ruto said the government would provide land to those who had to leave their homes, some displaced people remain stranded after their homes were swept away.
The government says it has set up more than 100 camps to house more than 27,500 people.
But that represents a small fraction of the more than 190,000 people affected by the floods, according to government data.
Mr. Ruto has defended his administration, BBC says on Monday that “a whole-of-government approach is underway.”
After a cabinet meeting on Thursday, Ruto’s office said flood victims were “increasingly receiving food aid and non-food items” and attributed the extreme weather to climate change.
“[The] The Council of Ministers decided that the government, from now on, will mobilize the country in implementing measures, programs and policies that will mitigate the effects of climate change.”
One of the biggest drivers of rainfall is the Indian Ocean Dipole – opposing areas of warm and cold surface water often referred to as “El Niño” due to its similarity to the Indian Ocean. El Niño phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean.
Warmer surface temperatures caused by climate change push more moisture and energy into the atmosphere, making weather patterns more erratic and severe.
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