Bududa resettlement starts
Aug 19, 2010
The Government will next week start relocating people from Bududa district, who were affected by the landslides early this year.
By Conan Businge and Taddeo Bwambale
The Government will next week start relocating people from Bududa district, who were affected by the landslides early this year.
Disaster preparedness state minister Musa Ecweru said: “The Government is finalising plans to resettle the landslide victims. About 3,000 people will be moved at first.â€
The minister said the Government had identified land to resettle the victims in Kyankwanzi, Kiryandongo and Kiruhura in western Uganda. He added that the Government was also considering land in Ssembabule district.
“For the start, we need to zero in on a particular area and move the people,†Ecweru said.
UN resident coordinator Theophane Nikyema on Tuesday urged the Government to quickly the relocate people from landslide-prone areas.
Over 90 people died and more than 350 are still missing, following a landslide that hit Bududa on March 2.
As a result, about 9,000 people are currently living in camps.
Red Cross vice-chairperson Robert Ssebunya said only 471 households living in camps have family tents, adding that the rest live in communal tents and shacks.
Bududa sits on the edge of Mount Elgon in the east.
The displacement of people was worsened last week when continued rains caused more mudslides in the district that killed five children.
The Government will next week start relocating people from Bududa district, who were affected by the landslides early this year.
Disaster preparedness state minister Musa Ecweru said: “The Government is finalising plans to resettle the landslide victims. About 3,000 people will be moved at first.â€
The minister said the Government had identified land to resettle the victims in Kyankwanzi, Kiryandongo and Kiruhura in western Uganda. He added that the Government was also considering land in Ssembabule district.
“For the start, we need to zero in on a particular area and move the people,†Ecweru said.
UN resident coordinator Theophane Nikyema on Tuesday urged the Government to quickly the relocate people from landslide-prone areas.
Over 90 people died and more than 350 are still missing, following a landslide that hit Bududa on March 2.
As a result, about 9,000 people are currently living in camps.
Red Cross vice-chairperson Robert Ssebunya said only 471 households living in camps have family tents, adding that the rest live in communal tents and shacks.
Bududa sits on the edge of Mount Elgon in the east.
The displacement of people was worsened last week when continued rains caused more mudslides in the district that killed five children.