Tag Archives: landslide

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents in the districts of Bududa, Manafwa, Sironko, and Namisindwa, are still awaiting the government’s promise of top-up funds to relocate from landslide-prone areas. In 2022, GiveDirectly, in partnership with the Office of the Prime Minister, launched an $8.5 million disaster preparedness project. The project …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Landslide victims in Mbale District are struggling to find food and water. The affected people were displaced from their homes by landslides, which hit the district last week. The landslide victims have pitched camp at Buyango community primary school in Buyango village, Buyango parish in …

Bududa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 55 homes in Bubiita sub county, Bududa district have been deserted by residents after fresh cracks running through the ground. The fresh cracks indicate a threat of a looming landslide. A whole sub-county is on alert over a new crack running from Bubiita …

Bulambuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Landslide victims in the Bunambutye resettlement camp in Bulambuli district are seeking the intervention of the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga over the poor living conditions. According to the victims, since they were brought to the camp about two years ago, they have faced various …

Sironko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As heavy rains continue pounding the highland Bugisu sub-region, a new 2 kilometre-long crack has appeared and is causing panic in Gombe town council sub county of Sironko district. The new crack has has cut through three cells and also struck a primary school …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  At least 12 people were killed in Kenya when their homes were swept away in a landslide during ferocious rainstorms, local government officials said Saturday. Their homes were hit overnight Friday amid torrential rains in Kenya’s West Pokot region, 350 kilometres (220 miles) northwest of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The second phase of relocating residents living in the disaster-prone areas of Bududa district will start next month. The relocation exercise which was expected to end this month has since faced challenges due to the heavy downpour in the area. Last year, government started …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The University of Maryland in the United States of America and Strasburg University in France will install a landslide early warning system in the Mt Elgon landslide prone areas. The move comes after Mt Elgon region has in the recent past experienced constant floods and …

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 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Victims of the landslides in Manafwa district are starving due to lack of food. In May, landslides hit the district displacing hundreds of households. The landslides were a result of heavy rains that pounded the district. The landslides destroyed properties, swept crop gardens and …