KISORO: Over 1,078 Chahafi mudslide victims request gov't to relocate them

 

Over 1,078 people in Chahafi town council have requested to be relocated to any other available area in the country due to the continuous unpredictable flooding in their locality.

The list of 189 families was handed to the Kisoro district RDC by the area LC3 Chairperson Nkuzimana Hadard for consideration.

According to Nkuzimana, Villages of Chibumba, Pudu and Buyora are all flooded and houses are submerged with waters while others including Gisha, Pudu, Gatete, Muhiga and Rubange faced serious landslides that even washed away some houses.

He noted that water levels of the floods in Chibumba village are still increasing and some of the submerged houses have started collapsing.

Nkuzimana noted that people in Chibumba wrote to him asking for relocation because flooding in their area is seasonal which has hindered development in the area. He added that several other families have requested to camp in Kabami primary school.

RDC Hajji Shafique Ssekandi confirmed the development to voice of Muhabura. He noted that he has a total of 189 families of 1,078 that want relocation and 25 families that are seeking to camp at Kabami primary school.

Meanwhile, two villages of Rubagye in Chahafi town council and Gihuyanga in Murora Sub County have missed on government’s food relief items due to failure to submit the names of flood and landslides victims by LC1 Chairmen.

Thousands of Victims to mudslides and floods in Kisoro receiving food relief items from @OPMUganda. Each household shared 3Kgs of beans and 7Kgs of Posho from a total of 20k kgs of posho & 10k kgs of beans. beneficiary residents hailed the government @vomuhabura @KagutaMuseveni pic.twitter.com/HIuDWedPsH

— Kamusime Banabasi (The Sports General) (@kamusimebana) May 10, 2023

Nkuzimana Hadard said that despite the fact that Rubange village was entirely missed, other villages also have victims whose names were not included to benefit.

RDC Ssekandi says each family was served with 7Kgs of Posho and 3Kgs of beans to the over 2600 families. He noted that the district will soon get another food donation and a special arrangement will be done for people that missed yesterday.

Beneficiaries commended the government for the kind relief support amidst trying times and asked for more as 7Kgs of posho and 3 kgs of beans cannot sustain them for long.