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A total of 62 people, including eight children, died after floods hit Kenya last week.
The capital Nairobi was the worst affected region with 33 deaths, police said on Saturday.
This number has increased since the tally released last week, which put the death toll at 42 people.
More than 2,000 families were displaced across the country after days of heavy rain.
Online footage showed cars being swept away by waist-high flash floods.
It also forced disruption to flights from Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, East Africa’s largest airport.
Kenya is not the only country in the region affected.
Three days of mourning have been declared in neighboring countries Ethiopia after 80 people died in landslides triggered by floods.
Another 3,461 people were forced to flee their homes due to landslides, according to the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission.
Previous rainy seasons have caused flooding, mudslides and mudslides that left hundreds of people dead and thousands more displaced.
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The region is expected to see more rain and the government has urged residents to be careful.
Last month, the IGAD Climate Prediction and Implementation Center said the March-April-May monsoon had a 45% chance of above-average rainfall in most countries in the region, including Ethiopia and Kenya, as well as Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, South Sudan, Northern Somalia and Djibouti.
