Kapchorwa: 12 families displaced
Sep 07, 2011
Twelve households have been displaced by landslides in Sironko district. The affected families are staying at Bunabala Church of Uganda and Bukirindya Primary School.
By Paul Watala
Twelve households have been displaced by landslides in Sironko district. The affected families are staying at Bunabala Church of Uganda and Bukirindya Primary School.
The landslides affected Butandiga and Bumalimba sub-counties. The incident that happened at 3:00am on August 24, followed a heavy downpour that pounded the two sub counties. The landslides also destroyed crops in gardens in at least 10 villages.
The worst hit villages were Kimesya, Sigwa, Namasya, Nagudi, Kifungu and Kigunyunyu in Butandiga sub-county. Others were Nalusi, Bulisha, Maludye and Buwagama in Bumalimba sub-county.
No deaths were reported. Petra Nambozo, 35, a resident of Kimesya, narrated that it was her neighbour who saved her and her child.
“He knocked at my door and started shouting to alert everybody to flee their houses,†Nambozo said.
Twelve households have been displaced by landslides in Sironko district. The affected families are staying at Bunabala Church of Uganda and Bukirindya Primary School.
The landslides affected Butandiga and Bumalimba sub-counties. The incident that happened at 3:00am on August 24, followed a heavy downpour that pounded the two sub counties. The landslides also destroyed crops in gardens in at least 10 villages.
The worst hit villages were Kimesya, Sigwa, Namasya, Nagudi, Kifungu and Kigunyunyu in Butandiga sub-county. Others were Nalusi, Bulisha, Maludye and Buwagama in Bumalimba sub-county.
No deaths were reported. Petra Nambozo, 35, a resident of Kimesya, narrated that it was her neighbour who saved her and her child.
“He knocked at my door and started shouting to alert everybody to flee their houses,†Nambozo said.