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UGANDA- landslide in eastern uganda displaces 300,000

  1. Posted on Tuesday 9 March 2010 - 06:25
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    BY NANGAYI GUYSON IN KAMPALA UGANDA

    BUDADA- The landslide that erupted the mount Elgon slopes in Budada , eastern Uganda ,has displaced over 300,000 People and the neighbouring districts of Butaleja, Budaka and Tororo districts the state minister for relief and disaster preparedness, Musa Ecweru, said yesterday,
    However, according to newvision news in uganda, Another 500,000 people from the Rwenzori and Kigezi regions in western Uganda are at risk of landslides and floods, the minister added. A powerful landslide struck Katebwa sub-county in Kabarole district on Saturday, displacing some 500 people. A day earlier, a landslide occurred in Kisoro district, killing three people and destroying property. Ecweru warned that floods are likely to take place in other low-lying areas in the

    The five-year programme for permanent resettlement of all people at risk is being developed. This will involve buying land in safe locations, construct new homesteads and provide them with a means of livelihood. The long-term programme is estimated to cost sh200b ($100m).

    A total of 104 cases of diarrhoea have been reported at Bukalasi health unit, according to the Uganda Red Cross; the majority of them children. Cholera has not been confirmed yet.

    In a related development, the district disaster management committee has resolved that all the affected people be moved from Bukalasi to Bulucheke camp, which will be the centre of the emergency operations.

    Of the 1,014 people who were living in Bukalasi, 153 people had by Sunday evening been relocated to Bulucheke, where UNICEF erected 35 tents.

    ENDS
    UGANDA- landslide in eastern uganda displaces 300,000

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