By Weswa Ronnie
BULAMBULI
Government has reduced the number of vulnerable families living in disaster prone areas in Bulambuli district to be relocated from initial 4000 to only71.
The Prime Minister’s office has taken the decision due to insufficient resources.
This was revealed by Stanley Bayola, the Bulambuli Resident District Commissioner (RDC) while speaking to the media last week at his office.
According to Bayola, the district disaster management team with the help of local area leaders registered 4,000 families from different sub-counties like Buginyanya, Buluganya, and Bumasobo among others living in disaster prone areas in the district which they recommended for relocation and the government agreed.
He adds that last month, a team from the Ministry of Disaster Preparedness came shortly after the incident of a landslide which claimed the lives of five people and injured two at Buluganya sub-county. He says the team made a fresh assessment and identified only 71 most vulnerable families which are going to be relocated.
The RDC also says that those 71 families are going to be given two acres of land at the Bunamutye government resettlement area and 17 million in bits through direct government programs to use for the construction of their houses.
He assured victims that relocation exercises are going to commence next week after getting assurance from the Ministry of Disaster Preparedness that the government will plan for the remaining number later.
Sam Mudenga and James Wetaka, both people living in disaster areas at Bulambuli, are not happy with the government for what they termed as segregation of the highest order by getting less than 2% of the entire targeted number.
They say that the whole 4,000 families are at risk of being buried by landslides any time as rains continue because cracks have already hit their homes.
