Floods cut off Bukwo
May 12, 2010
The bridge linking Kapchorwa and Bukwo districts was on Saturday evening washed away by floods. The bridge links the two districts on Kapchorwa-Suam trunk road.
Joshua Khatiya
The bridge linking Kapchorwa and Bukwo districts was on Saturday evening washed away by floods. The bridge links the two districts on Kapchorwa-Suam trunk road.
The two-hour rain storm started at 6:30am. The floods washed away the temporal bridge made of metallic culverts and gabion boxes. The culverts were recovered 50 metres away from the scene while the gabion boxes weighing 30 tonnes were swept and deposited in Bukwo River in Bukwo Town Council.
In April, rains caused Bukwo River to flood, displacing over 200 people. A number of domestic animals and property worthy millions were destroyed. The Government had earmarked sh31b to tarmac Kapchorwa-Suam trunk road, but the rains have hampered work.
The rains come just after a long, dry spell which caused crops to wither, resulting in losses of about sh20m.
Bukwo district farmers grow mainly maize, beans, barley, sunflower and wheat. Some farmers who took loans from Centenary Bank fled to Kenya, after realising they could not pay back the loans.
The drought began in March 2009 and ended in February 2010.
The bridge linking Kapchorwa and Bukwo districts was on Saturday evening washed away by floods. The bridge links the two districts on Kapchorwa-Suam trunk road.
The two-hour rain storm started at 6:30am. The floods washed away the temporal bridge made of metallic culverts and gabion boxes. The culverts were recovered 50 metres away from the scene while the gabion boxes weighing 30 tonnes were swept and deposited in Bukwo River in Bukwo Town Council.
In April, rains caused Bukwo River to flood, displacing over 200 people. A number of domestic animals and property worthy millions were destroyed. The Government had earmarked sh31b to tarmac Kapchorwa-Suam trunk road, but the rains have hampered work.
The rains come just after a long, dry spell which caused crops to wither, resulting in losses of about sh20m.
Bukwo district farmers grow mainly maize, beans, barley, sunflower and wheat. Some farmers who took loans from Centenary Bank fled to Kenya, after realising they could not pay back the loans.
The drought began in March 2009 and ended in February 2010.