Storm destroys houses in Masaka
Feb 04, 2008
OVER 20 families in Kisekka sub-county in Masaka district were last week left homeless after a storm destroyed their houses and plantations.
By Ali Mambule
OVER 20 families in Kisekka sub-county in Masaka district were last week left homeless after a storm destroyed their houses and plantations.
Among the affected was the LC3 councillor for Busubi parish, Janat Bukenya, whose house was deroofed and household property and banana plantations destroyed.
The most affected villages included Busubi, Kyetume, Kyassonko and Sseke.
The Masaka district agricultural officer, Prosy Mutumba, and Kisekka sub-county councillor, David Bbaale, advised the farmers to cut the destroyed banana stems.
Mutumba commended some farmers who had planted cassava besides bananas, saying they would have something to turn to in the face of food scarcity after the storm.
“The hailstorm will make cassava sour but that is better than sleeping on an empty stomach,†she said, adding that over 150 acres of banana plantations had been destroyed.
Bbaale appealed to the Government to send relief to the affected people.
He also suggested that the Government sets up disaster preparedness offices in every district.
OVER 20 families in Kisekka sub-county in Masaka district were last week left homeless after a storm destroyed their houses and plantations.
Among the affected was the LC3 councillor for Busubi parish, Janat Bukenya, whose house was deroofed and household property and banana plantations destroyed.
The most affected villages included Busubi, Kyetume, Kyassonko and Sseke.
The Masaka district agricultural officer, Prosy Mutumba, and Kisekka sub-county councillor, David Bbaale, advised the farmers to cut the destroyed banana stems.
Mutumba commended some farmers who had planted cassava besides bananas, saying they would have something to turn to in the face of food scarcity after the storm.
“The hailstorm will make cassava sour but that is better than sleeping on an empty stomach,†she said, adding that over 150 acres of banana plantations had been destroyed.
Bbaale appealed to the Government to send relief to the affected people.
He also suggested that the Government sets up disaster preparedness offices in every district.