UPC decries floods in northern Uganda
Sep 13, 2007
THE Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) has urged the Government to declare the floods in eastern and northern Uganda a national disaster.
By Andrew Ssenyonga
and Moses Mulondo
THE Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) has urged the Government to declare the floods in eastern and northern Uganda a national disaster.
“People’s crops and houses have been destroyed by the floods and the roads are impassable. Famine has hit the affected areas,†the party president, Miria Kalule Obote, told journalists in Kampala on Wednesday.
“This is double tragedy for those people who are still nursing the wounds of the LRA war. It is very unfortunate that the Government has not yet come to their rescue.â€
She warned that if the Government did not intervene urgently, the affected areas would face a cholera outbreak.
“The Government should be using helicopters to rescue people and to transport food to the area because road transport is no longer feasible,†said John Livingstone Okello-Okello, the Vice-President.
and Moses Mulondo
THE Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) has urged the Government to declare the floods in eastern and northern Uganda a national disaster.
“People’s crops and houses have been destroyed by the floods and the roads are impassable. Famine has hit the affected areas,†the party president, Miria Kalule Obote, told journalists in Kampala on Wednesday.
“This is double tragedy for those people who are still nursing the wounds of the LRA war. It is very unfortunate that the Government has not yet come to their rescue.â€
She warned that if the Government did not intervene urgently, the affected areas would face a cholera outbreak.
“The Government should be using helicopters to rescue people and to transport food to the area because road transport is no longer feasible,†said John Livingstone Okello-Okello, the Vice-President.