By Weswa Ronnie
BUDUDA
Landsides have hit Bududa district leaving hundreds of people homeless and properties like houses, crops, and animals buried.
This was revealed by Samson Natsambwa, the Deputy Chief Administrative officer of Bududa district this afternoon 2nd Aug, 2022.
Natsambwa said the landslides hit Bushiika Sub-County, Bufutsa parish villages like Sihamosi, Bunamasa, Bukitongo, and Nangwe this afternoon after rains pounded the area since last night.
He added that no life has been lost after people left their homes yesterday on sensing that the crack across the mountain was widening.
Mr Natsambwa also urged the people living in disaster-prone areas in the district to vacate those areas because the crack that cuts across Mt Elgon from Bukwo through Sironko and Bududa to Namisindwa is widening at a very fast rate.
The Mudslide comes barely two days after floods from the mountains due to heavy downpour, burst the Nabuyonga and Namatala Rivers in Mbale City causing floods that have killed over 26 people.
Blacklisted areas:
The team has blacklisted Bumwalukani, Bunanyuma, Shalo, Buwali, Nametsi, Mabono, Bushiyi hills in Bududa and Kato, Butoto, Buwabwala, Bumbo, Tsekululu and Sono hills in Manafwa as the areas where the soils are still moving and where mudslides are likely to occur anytime.
Past disasters
Past disasters: In March 2010, landslides hit Nametsi village in Bududa District killing 350 people and displacing thousands.
In 2011 a mudslide in Bulambuli killed about 28 people. In March 2012, mudslides killed six people in Sironko District and in June 2012, another mudslide buried 18 people in Bududa District.
