Floods ravage gardens in Tororo

BY FAUSTINE ODEKE    

More than 200 families in Malaba town council and Osukuru Sub County Tororo district are likely to face starvation after flooded river Malaba burst its banks washing away several acres of food crops.

The residents have been forced to uproot their immature cassava plantation while the flowering maize has dried up.

The low growing plants like soya beans, beans, potatoes, groundnuts among others have rotten.

Amoni ‘A’ village chairman in Malaba town council Arnold Ebbu said about 80 families in his village are seriously affected by the disaster.

He said the most affected are those who preferred to cultivate along the river banks because of its fertility.

He said since the river burst its banks a week ago at least four unidentified people are reported to have drowned and their floating bodies have also been retrieved. The latest body was retrieved on Sunday by the police in the swamp of Kayoro village in Osukuru Sub County.