Tag Archives: floods

Bundibugyo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  Fresh flash floods have claimed the life of a three-year-old child and destroyed various property and crops in Bundibugyo District. The deceased minor has been identified as Nzebere Bwambale, a resident of Kitehe village in Kasitu parish in Kasitu Sub County. The floods swept through Ntandi …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Communities hosting Internally Displaced Persons-IDPs in Kasese district have benefited from the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene-WASH project. The project was funded by OXFAM and implemented in partnership with Foundation for Urban and Rural Advancement (FURA) and Kasese district. The project focused on improving access …

Buliisa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thousands of people displaced by floods resulting from the rising Lake Albert water levels in Buliisa district have asked to be resettled. For the last three months, floods from the rising water levels of Lake Albert have ravaged several landing sites affecting more than 2,000 …

Hoima, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Floods have submerged Kaiso fish handling Facility at Kaiso landing site on Lake Albert shores in Buseruka Sub County in Hoima district. Kaiso fish handling Facility was constructed by Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries in 2012 at the cost of Shillings 800million with …

Bundibugyo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Over 5000 floods victims in Bundibugyo district are living under appalling conditions following the closure of the Internally Displaced People’s-IDP camps. The affected persons from 900 households mainly from Busunga Sub County were displaced when River Lamiya at the Uganda-DR Congo burst its banks in …

Kasese, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The government has been urged to consider permanently resettling persons who have been displaced by the recent floods that devastated Kasese district. Those with the greatest need include persons who lost their homes and crop gardens in Karusandara sub-county, and those in Kanyangeya, Nyamwamba Division …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Omukama of Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom Solomon Gafubusa Iguru has tasked the government to extend relief food to thousands of people affected by floods in Buliisa district. Since March, more than 1,500 homes have been submerged by floods following the rising water levels of Lake …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | The East Africa region is facing an unprecedented triple food security threat caused by the combined effects of recent severe floods, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the upsurge of desert locusts, the United Nation Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said. The FAO, in a joint …

Kasese, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  More than 1,000 families displaced by floods that ravaged Karusandara Sub County, Kasese district close to three months ago, are struggling to survive.  The families were displaced after the floods hit villages of Kivengenyi, Kabaka, Kanamba and Kyalanga in Karusandara Sub County following a heavy …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has asked the government to expedite plans of desilting River Nyamwamba in Kasese district. On Thursday, while presenting a matter of national importance to Parliament, the Kasese Municipality Member of Parliament Robert Centenary warned of an impending fresh burst …