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Ntoroko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ntoroko district leaders are seeking government intervention over the persistent floods in the district.
Due to Lake Albert’s rising water levels, the district often experiences floods that start from Kanara Sub County. The leaders are concerned that the floods continue to submerge their farms, and cattle keeping the district’s major economic activity, is threatened.
In other farms, water levels submerge the pasture that rots away and the animals cannot consume it.
During a stakeholders meeting held on Wednesday at the district headquarters in Kibuuku, the leaders said that the government should find a permanent solution to the flood problem.
According to the leaders, the floods have become a major barrier to development in the district since people are always in the camps after their property is destroyed by the floods.
Last month, hundreds of people were left displaced after floods hit the sub-counties of Butungama and Bweramule leaving houses submerged.
William Kasoro, the LCV Chairperson revealed that the trend of floods in the district has weakened their popularity among the people. He says that the locals accuse them of doing nothing as floods ravage their homes.
In 2017, the government carried out a survey through which it intended to erect barriers on the banks of River Semliki to avoid flooding however the plan was never implemented.
Annah Mary Tunmwine, the District Woman Member of Parliament asked the government should revive this plan to save the people.
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