Abstract: Flooding continues to be a common environmental hazard in both developed and developing countries. Crops, settlement and infrastructure are usually impaired wherever flooding occur. The severity of damage as a result of floods has been documented to have a relationship with the flood magnitude, flood frequency and settlement of population on flood prone areas. Whereas various intervention measures have been put in place to address this problem, the problem persists. Presently, floods are the most common hazards with the highest death toll economic misfortunes because of floods being higher than other hazards; Poor groups are more at risk because their livelihoods are vulnerable due to limited access to services and infrastructure. The need of studying peoples risk perception levels in order to adopt effective flood risk management and disaster reduction programs cannot be overstated since prevalence of flood disaster risks by farmers in western region Kenya has been the issue throughout the study area.