Diseases might break out!
Dec 07, 2006
SIR — There has been a heavy clash between the Sudanese government forces and the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Army (SPLA) where a huge number of people were killed.
SIR — There has been a heavy clash between the Sudanese government forces and the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Army (SPLA) where a huge number of people were killed.
The dead bodies are floating on River Nile. This is the longest river that runs through Uganda, Sudan, and Egypt. Millions of people depend on the river for drinking water and fish. What is going to happen when these bodies contaminate the biggest part of the river?
Uganda is going to be affected as well. Diseases like cholera and typhoid are going to spread around and people might avoid eating fish. Are we going to sit back and watch death swimming towards us, or are we going to help in treating the water before it is consumed? Something must be done!
Eunice M. Tumwebaze
Kampala
The dead bodies are floating on River Nile. This is the longest river that runs through Uganda, Sudan, and Egypt. Millions of people depend on the river for drinking water and fish. What is going to happen when these bodies contaminate the biggest part of the river?
Uganda is going to be affected as well. Diseases like cholera and typhoid are going to spread around and people might avoid eating fish. Are we going to sit back and watch death swimming towards us, or are we going to help in treating the water before it is consumed? Something must be done!
Eunice M. Tumwebaze
Kampala