By Weswa Ronnie
BULAMBULI
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people have so far been exhumed from soil in Bulambuli district after a landslide hit four villages at Buluganya parish Sub County in Bulambuli district on Wednesday night, 27th November, 2024.
According to Annette Nagudi, the LCV Chairperson of Bulambuli district, the landslide hit the villages of Masuku, Papalu, Mamolo and Maachele at Buluganya Sub County in Bulambuli district.
She says that so far people are using hand-hoes to exhume the bodies of their relatives as they are waiting for an excavator from Uganda National Roads Authority Mbale head office.
She says that the district asked UNRA to help them with an excavator to help locals in removing bodies of people who were buried by land slide.
Richard Namukono, the LCIII Chairperson of Buluganya Sub County says that they expect to exhume more than 60 bodies because 35 households were buried while people were inside.
He says that so far people are using hand hoes for digging but can’t reach far saying they have asked the district to support the people and bring an excavator to dig bodies which are deep inside the mud.
Emanuel Masuba one of the residents says that both district leaders and central government have not helped the residents as expected because they alerted them last night but no single leader has reached the scene.
