A stormy welcome for ‘nsenene’ season
Nov 17, 2003
IT was a storm that visited death on several places in the country and destroyed property worth millions.
By Charles Ariko and Steven Candia
IT was a storm that visited death on several places in the country and destroyed property worth millions.
But the rainstorm on Sunday also had a silver lining: Nsenene.
The storm marked the beginning of the nsenene (grasshoppers) season.
Meteorological reports indicate it rained heavily in most parts of the country Gulu registered the highest amount, 30mm and Entebbe, 3.6mm. It was only Kasese, which recorded a dry sky.
In Triangle Zone, Makerere II Parish, a flood prone area, a two-week baby boy drowned in flash floods that swept the area clean.
The parents were away when the floods submerged their house.
The Police Chief Fire Officer, Joseph Mugisa, yesterday blamed the death of the baby on negligence, saying the toddler would not have died if the parents had left it with a care taker.
True to the season, the city was yesterday awash with nsenene vendors doing brisk business.
At Nakasero Market, nsenene hawkers took charge of Dastur Street, leading to a traffic jam.
Some the vendors drove to city suburbs on pick-ups, announcing their wares on public address system.
IT was a storm that visited death on several places in the country and destroyed property worth millions.
But the rainstorm on Sunday also had a silver lining: Nsenene.
The storm marked the beginning of the nsenene (grasshoppers) season.
Meteorological reports indicate it rained heavily in most parts of the country Gulu registered the highest amount, 30mm and Entebbe, 3.6mm. It was only Kasese, which recorded a dry sky.
In Triangle Zone, Makerere II Parish, a flood prone area, a two-week baby boy drowned in flash floods that swept the area clean.
The parents were away when the floods submerged their house.
The Police Chief Fire Officer, Joseph Mugisa, yesterday blamed the death of the baby on negligence, saying the toddler would not have died if the parents had left it with a care taker.
True to the season, the city was yesterday awash with nsenene vendors doing brisk business.
At Nakasero Market, nsenene hawkers took charge of Dastur Street, leading to a traffic jam.
Some the vendors drove to city suburbs on pick-ups, announcing their wares on public address system.