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The ghost flood villages of Kansanga

Every rain season brings agony to residents of low income areas built in designated flood plains Kampala, Uganda | EVELYN AINEMBABAZI |  Kampala City, Uganda’s capital district on the edge of Lake Victoria, is a place of high hills, low vales, and rain storms that result in regular floods. To …

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Katonga river floods: Public transporters count losses

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Public transport operators plying the Masaka-Kampala highway are counting losses due to a reduction in the number of passengers. This follows the flooding of River Katonga in Mpigi district which cut off the highway. Travelers from Kampala were advised to use the Mpigi-Butambala-Ssembabule road as …

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Gov’t to relocate 305 families before floods get them

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government of Uganda is set to relocate up to 307 households, in landslide-prone areas, to protect them against the effects of the expected floods this rainy season. The relocation which is expected to start next month in Bugisu region under the Bulambuli resettlement programme. …

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South Africa declares national state of disaster to combat floods

Johannesburg, S.A. | Xinhua | The South African government has declared a national state of disaster to enable an intensive and coordinated response to the impact of floods that are affecting seven of the country’s nine provinces. The National Disaster Management Center has classified the impact of current above-normal rainfall in …

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Experts want Kilembe Mines Hospital relocated over floods

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Officials from the Ministry of Water and Environment have advised government to consider relocating Kilembe Mines Hospital, whose structures were destroyed after River Nyamwamba burst her banks in 2022. The hospital has since become a centre of conflict, with locals staging demonstrations demanding government to construct …

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Locals turn to Parliament over fate of Kilembe Mines Hospital

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents in Kasese district have appealed to Parliament to intervene in the fate of Kilembe Mines Hospital, whose structures were destroyed by the May 2020 floods after River Nyamwamba burst her banks. The distraught residents lodged their appeal to the Committee on Health on Wednesday, 26 …

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Bundibugyo leaders question selective compensation of flood victims

Bundibugyo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bundibugyo district leaders have questioned the manner in which the government is compensating victims of disasters in the country. They say that Bundibugyo has witnessed the reoccurrence of major disasters including mudslides and floods, since 2019 but to date, the victims have never been considered …

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Caught off-guard by floods

What keeps Ugandans unprepared for the next disaster? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The eastern mountainous sub-region of Bugisu-Sebei is used to receiving more rainfall than most parts of Uganda. And the people there are used to seeing their homes, roads and gardens ruined as the rains batter the …

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