Jackline Atwine, the head teacher of Five Star Primary School, expressed concerns about the bridge connecting to the school, which was washed away. The school is working on a makeshift solution to facilitate the movement of learners, but Atwine is calling on local authorities to repair the broken infrastructure to restore normalcy.
Kahindo expresses concern that some residents are constructing structures dangerously close to water channels and then blame the local leaders when disasters occur.
The money will be used to rehabilitate major roads leading to the mines and the offices, renovate an office block, work on a transmission line to Kilembe Secondary School and procurement of pumps for underground water.
Fred Baluku a resident of Kisanga A Cell says he has been unable to drive his car home after the road connecting to his house developed huge gullies on Saturday.
The Rwenzori East police spokesperson, ASP Nelson Tumushiime told URN on Saturday evening that a body of man and woman had been retrieved from separate locations after the victims were swept by the running waters as they attempted to cross the flooded areas.
Herbert Mugisa, a senior three student at Kasese Secondary School says the race was an exposure to knowledge and skills needed to address pressing environmental challenges in the region.
Steven Bogere, a senior sociologist and coordinator of the Urban Forum Activities under the Ministry of Lands, says local governments should work on up-scaling citizen engagement and responsibility to look after the roads, create trade order, and provide community policing.
UWA Communications Manager Bashir Hangi in a statement said the authority has successfully implemented safety enhancements to ensure the well-being of all hikers.
Eliphazi Muhindi, the LCV chairperson, says there is declining support from both the government and other development partners and its only wise that the affected move to stay with relatives while those whose land is still existing they move in to start a new life.
Currently, the Rwenzori sub-region has only five automatic weather detector machines out of the 211 spread nationwide. The rain gauge was procured with funding from the European Union Humanitarian Aid.
Moses Tsutsu , the LC III chairperson of Isango sub-county says the community that does business and farming across the border has abandoned its work fearing that the suspected rebels could waylay them.
David Amanya Mukanyeki was riding a motorcycle registration number UFW 388 N TVS coming from Fort Portal heading to Kasese when he rammed into a parked Mercedes ML registration number UAP 780L and died on the spot.
