Kasese hit by fresh River Nyamwamba floods

By Wilson Asiimwe

Residents of Bulembia division in Kasese Municipality on Thursday morning woke up to floods which cut off several villages after River Nyamwamba burst its bunks.

The river which started flooding early morning left several people displaced and other trapped.  This called for police intervention to rescue some of them.

Alex Kwatampora, the projects manager of Tibet Hima said that the flooding river destroyed the wall which was constructed by the company to control floods and that patients in Kilembe mines hospital are at risk since the water is moving towards the hospital.

“Several people have been trapped in the bushes and we are doing all that it takes to ensure that we evacuate them to a safe place otherwise we expect the worst as the rain continues to fall,” said Kwatampora.

The bridge at Kyanjoki has been temporarily closed due to the floods which have weakened it and a new road has been established to connect Katiri and Kyanjoki villages in Kasese Municipality.


River Nyamwamba flooding to the surrounding areas

The people, who had returned to Kilembe after the previous floods, have again fled their homes and they have sought refuge in Kasese town.

However, also in Kasese town the flooding river has cut off the area of Nyakasanga.

No injury or death had been recorded by press time although several people have been trapped in the middle of the river and the police fire brigade has already arrived in Kasese to save the situation.

“I am very worried, if nothing is done, we are going to be washed away because whenever it rains  in the mountains, it is us down here who suffer the most,” said Gad Baluku a resident of Kyanjoki in Kasese town.


Nyamwamba bridge blocked at Kyajoki Kasese Bulembia

Bob Kagarura, the district police commander said that he has already dispatched a Marines team and the fire brigade to rescue those who could have been trapped.

“My men are already on the ground to ensure that we rescue any one trapped because the situation is running out of control,” says Kagarura.


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