Floods submerge Chibumba primary school

 Floods have submerged Chibumba primary school, over 200 houses, destroyed several gardens in Buyora, Chibumba and Mpundu villages North ward in Chahafi town council.

Businesses and transport have also been paralyzed after the road that connects Chibumba to Kisoro town became flooded at Chibumba primary school. The affected part stretches for about a kilometre long and has made it difficult for both pedestrians and motorists to cross to the other end.

The floods were caused by a heavy downpour that pounded Murora Sub County and Chahafi town
council for about seven hours on Tuesday night were eight people died due to mudslide.

Nkunzimana Hadadi the mayor of Chahafi town council said floods have  paralyzed business and transport in the area since people cannot cross the via Chibumba trading centre. He called upon the government to intervene and bring geologists to find out the problems as water continues to spill out from the ground.

The head teacher of Chibumba primary school Christopher Ntezeyobi said the school with enrolment of 743 pupils has been greatly affected as nothing was spared because the office and the room are inaccessible. He said stationary and other valuable documents of the school have been destroyed. He fears that some classroom may collapse due weakened walls by water that is above foundation level.

Residents from the affected villages are calling upon the government and other humanitarian agencies to help them with food relief since their gardens have been submerged and property destroyed. Those with businesses say they are no longer accessing their shops because they are filled with floods.

Yesterday the Kisoro Resident District Commissioner Hajji Shafiq Ssekand said that he has notified the office of the prime minister about the incident.Meanwhile the eight people who died due mudslides on Tuesday night were today buried in Murora sub county.