Experts Predict Less Rain
Mar 07, 2003
CLIMATE experts meeting in Entebbe predict that more than half of Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania are likely to receive less rainfall than normal in the March to May rainfall season.
CLIMATE experts meeting in Entebbe predict that more than half of Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania are likely to receive less rainfall than normal in the March to May rainfall season.
Patrick Luganda and Edris Kisambira report that most parts of Uganda will receive less than normal rain, while the Lake Victoria basin and the West Nile region will receive normal or above normal rains.
The forecast, however, indicates that a greater part of the country stretching from Karamoja through the cattle corridor, will receive normal or below normal rains.
The depressed rainfall season continues to spell doom for the Karamoja region which has not received rain for a long time.
Experts said increased food scarcity in the area might be inevitable under the circumstances.
From March 3 to 5 the 11th Climate Outlook Forum convened in Entebbe, by the Drought Monitoring Centre, Nairobi, to formulate consensus guidance for the March to May rainfall season in the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA).
The GHA comprise of the Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda.
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Patrick Luganda and Edris Kisambira report that most parts of Uganda will receive less than normal rain, while the Lake Victoria basin and the West Nile region will receive normal or above normal rains.
The forecast, however, indicates that a greater part of the country stretching from Karamoja through the cattle corridor, will receive normal or below normal rains.
The depressed rainfall season continues to spell doom for the Karamoja region which has not received rain for a long time.
Experts said increased food scarcity in the area might be inevitable under the circumstances.
From March 3 to 5 the 11th Climate Outlook Forum convened in Entebbe, by the Drought Monitoring Centre, Nairobi, to formulate consensus guidance for the March to May rainfall season in the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA).
The GHA comprise of the Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda.
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