Floods cut off Nakaseke

By Frederick Kiwanuka

Floods triggered off by the current rains have cut off a Police post in Nakaseke and rendered several roads impassable, cutting off several villages from the rest of the district.

Business has come to a standstill at Nakaseeta Police Post in Kasangombe after the premises were cut off by the floods.

The heavy rains, which intensified this week, have caused rivers like Lugogo and Lumansi to burst their banks, washing away several feeder roads.

The most affected sub-county is Kasangombe, which borders Luwero district. Here, two major access feeder roads to Nakaseke Hospital are completely ruined.

This has compelled motorists entering Nakaseke from Luwero to start using the longer Kalule-Nakaseke route.

The few motorcyclists who continue to use the flooded Luwero-Nakaseeta-Nakaseke and Wobulenzi–Nakaseke roads have hiked the fare to sh12,000 from the usual sh5,000.

Also submerged in the floods are crop fields owned by HNHE farm, a Chinese agricultural company based in Nakaseeta village.

Patients are stuck in villages without medical care, while several pupils have stopped attending school because parents are afraid that they might drown.

The district secretary for works, Benjamin Makanga, said on Wednesday that the authorities are looking for funds to