Friday , November 22 2024
Home / Tag Archives: Bududa (page 8)

Tag Archives: Bududa

FDC asks parliament to allocate funds for Bududa, Butaleja

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forum for Democratic Change- FDC wants parliament to provide a supplementary budget for the landslide and flood prone districts of Bududa and Butaleja. Last week, floods hit Butaleja district displacing hundreds of people. Five people were also killed by landslides in Bududa.  The most affected …

Read More »

More than 400 people stranded in Bududa

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The landslides that hit Bududa district on Tuesday left more than 400 people homeless and stranded. The area suffered multiple landslides after a heavy downpour that lasted more than eight hours, hardly hitting the areas of the Bunamwamba North, Bunamwamba Main and, Bunamwamba South …

Read More »

Five dead, 50 missing after fresh landslides in Bududa

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  At least five people have been confirmed dead following fresh landslides in Bududa district. More than 50 others are reported missing since the landslide that came with a heavy downpour on Tuesday evening.  About 150 houses were reportedly razed by the landslides.  The office of …

Read More »

COMMENT: Museveni’s move on Bududa

Why giving cash to victims of landslide was right but attempt to relocate mountain village residents is wrong COMMENT | Joseph Were | Do you still remember Bukalasi? Don’t worry if you don’t. It is the place in Bududa district where a river burst its banks, triggering mudslides that killed …

Read More »

Makerere University aids Bududa mudslide victims

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bududa mudslide victims are to benefit from relief items worth Sh100 million from Makerere University. The items were collected in a three week’s campaign spearheaded by Makerere University Academic Staff Association – MUASA. The relief items included approximately 180bales of clothes, five bales of …

Read More »

Ecweru blasts Bugisu Leaders for misleading Govt on Bududa

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Relief and Disaster Preparedness State Minister, Musa Ecweru has blasted leaders from Bugisu region for allegedly misleading government on the issues of landslide victims. According to Ecweru, the leaders from Bugisu including Members of Parliament have been frustrating government interventions to support the mudslide …

Read More »

Bududa: Gov’t to release sh32 billion for relocation

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cabinet has directed the Ministry of Finance to release 32.75 billion shillings to facilitate the relocation of 6,300 people at high risk of landslides in Bududa to Bulambuli district. At least 43 people were last week killed and over 800 displaced when mudslides swept Bukalasi, …

Read More »

Museveni visits site of deadly Uganda landslide

Bududa, Uganda | AFP |  Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni visited eastern Bududa Sunday after 43 people died when a landslide caused a river to burst its banks, sending water and boulders cascading downhill. Wearing military uniform and carrying a cleft stick Museveni looked across the Sume river at the remains …

Read More »