The police had earlier arrested one of their colleagues identified as Mubakari Kuloba who was found carrying two passengers on his motorcycle. But in the process of evading arrest, Kuloba lost control and knocked a tree, leaving him with injuries, which sparked the protest.
Zainabu Watsemba a farmer from Shanemba village in Bunaporo parish said all her food crops she planted including beans,maize sugar canes are all destroyed. She said she had planted in three gardens but all have been destroyed by rain. She asked government for intervention saying they are badly off.
Daison Mukuwa the local council one chairperson Khabuku cell told our reporter that the teacher’s death has surprised them in the whole village because they did not know how this came to happen since they were with the deceased yesterday evening.
Reverend Peter Musapiti, the LCI Chairperson of Shiluku South village says that the suspected patients have often been sighted sending children to buy for them merchandise water from shops in Kuushu Town council.
The School Head Teacher, Edward Mukhwana, says they presented their reasons to the District Task Force why they rejected the establishment of the quarantine center in the school and they have not listened to their pleas.
John Vicente Okoth, the Bududa District Veterinary Officer said they will commence the vaccination exercise in Nalwanza Sub County, which has registered majority of the cases of the Foot and Mouth Disease so that the quarantine can be lifted in the shortest time possible.
Stephen Mutsaka, the LCI Chairperson Kuushu cell in Kuushu town council said they have been finding difficulties enforcing the directives. He, however, called for cooperation between community members and the LDUs.
Apollo Wanasolo, the NRM Chairperson of Bunambatsu parish in Nakatsi Sub County was arrested alongside Augustine Kuloba, the chairman NRM in Nabusera village, allegedly confiscated the registers from Bukusechi and Buchunya primary school, where they had been displayed by the Electoral Commission.
The two are said to have clashed when the deceased confronted the suspect, whose identity has been withheld because he is a minor accusing him of dating his girlfriend. It is alleged that the suspect picked up a knife and stabbed the deceased in the chest during the ensuing brawl.
According to Police, Womona was last seen entering Mt Elgon national park on January 8th, 2020 with the aim of burning charcoal but didn't return home. This prompted his wife, Florence Womona to report to the LC 1 chairperson, Rogers Wetaka the disappearance of her husband.
Watira says that many people are taking advantage of the disasters to Bududa to hype their political interests. Some, Hijack items donated by the government and personalize them, he said, adding that several others claim that the items are sent to the area as a result of their lobbying.
The retrieval of the chairperson’s body and his son comes shortly after the district had just halted the process of looking for bodies of the people who were covered in the debris by the landslides and declared the place a mass grave.
The Luseshe County Member of Parliament, Godfrey Watenga told Uganda Radio Network that as MPs from Bugisu region, they advised government to pay the affected people money so that they can relocate but it didn’t listen to them.
More than 30 people are feared to have been buried by the landslides. Last week, Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA deployed an excavator to help in the search for the bodies of the landslide victims believed to be trapped underground.
Nambeshe however, says the Office of the Prime Minister abandoned the plan and procured land in Bunambutye Sub County in Bulambuli district to construct houses for the resettlement of the landslide victims.
On Saturday, Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA dispersed an excavator to help the local people in the efforts of retrieving the bodies and have now retrieved more 4 bodies putting the number at 9.
