The Uganda Red Cross
Society has donated non food items worth over 37 million shillings to mudslide
most hit victims in Murora Sub County and Chahafi town council.
The items were delivered
to victims by the Uganda Red Cross society’s director of Disaster risk
management, Dr. Brian Kanaahe. Among the items include, jerry cans, pangas,
saucepans, hoes, and spades, tents, blackest, and kitchen utensils among
others.
According to Dr. Kanaahe
only 70 households benefited from the donations due to the worse nature of
damage impacted to them by the disaster.
The state minister for
children and youth affairs, Hon. Sarah Nyirabashitsi commended Uganda Red Cross
Society for their quick response and asked for more. She noted that the office
of the prime minister has been delayed by the nature of the road at Hamurwa in
Rubanda because Kisoro does not have an airport that can host big planes.
She advised people living
in high risk areas to seek temporary shelter somewhere else for the meantime
The Kisoro Resident
district commissioner, Hajji Shafique Ssekandi noted that the death toll has
risen to 10 people including two children that died while swimming in flowing
waters Bunagana town council. He added that a total of 12000 people from 2834
households have been directly affected by mudslides in Kanaba, Murora, Chahafi
and Bunagana town councils while 158 houses have been completely washed away.
Speaking to voice of
Muhabura, the LCV Councilor for Murora sub county, Innocent Irakunda said that
his people are currently living in a dilemma after losing almost all of their
possessions like crops, animals, roads and some people. He commended redcross
for being the first respondents in offering support to most affected victims.
A section of affected
residents decried the current poor standards of living due to the mudslides
that left them homeless and their property washed. They thanked the Red Cross
Society for rendering in their support and called upon for the government's quick
intervention.
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