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The floods displaced thousands of people in Butiaba and Kigwera Sub counties and Butiaba town council in Buliisa district since March 2020.

The more than 1,000 residents mainly women and children were evicted from Bukinda, Kavule, Bwizibwera, Kyeya, Nyaruhanga, Kabirizi, Nyamigisa and Katoma villages in Kyangwali sub-county.

In 2012 the government acquired 29 square Kilometer piece of land for the construction of the Oil refinery in 13 villages in Kabaale parish in Buseruka sub-county.

In 2020, more than 3,500 families in Buliisa were displaced after floods submerged their homes and destroyed property worth millions of shillings at various landing sites.

The most affected people are from Wanseko, Katanga, Masaka landing sites in Kigwera Sub- County and Kawaibanda, Butiaba, Boma, Kigangaizi, Tugombili and Walukuba. Others are from Bugoigo, Kamagongoro, Kigungu, Serule, Piida, Waisoki, Triangle and Magali in Butiaba sub-county, Kabolwa and Kigoya landing sites in Buliisa sub-county.

The Floods displaced thousands of people in Butiaba and Kigwera Sub counties and Butiaba town council in Buliisa district since March 2020. The floods submerged several homes destroying household property.

More than 300 people have not been compensated for resettlement six years ago after they were evicted to pave way for the construction of the dam.

The leaders argue that they don’t have land to resettle the persons. They are also concerned that if the current heavy rains continue the district could again be plunged into disaster.

Kabwoya Kaiso-Tonya Community wild life conservation area is situated in Kabwoya and Buseruka sub counties in Hoima and Kikuube districts.

The Bamba-Babwisi people occupied about 125 square kilometres of land covering areas near the Saara stream to River Semuliki through River Lamia to the borders of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Some of them settled in areas within Bwamba county within Bundibugyo district.

The area leaders say that the government needs to resettle the victims and provide a permanent solution to the problem. Resettlement would involve the relocation to safer areas and providing support for them to establish infrastructure and sources of livelihood, away from the deplorable conditions they are currently living in.

Jacob Kaharorwe, one of the displaced residents told URN that five acres of his land and gardens were all destroyed by mudslides. For people like Kaharorwe, home is no more, and the future looks bleak as they remain camped at Kiraro Primary School

Government acquired the vast land and processed a title in 2016 to resettle people who had encroached on Kyangwali settlement land. During a visit to the area on Friday, residents informed the minister that there was another title on the same piece of land.

Onek says that the President received several complaints regarding the resettlement exercise. According to Onek, the President has instituted a team of officials from Uganda Peoples Defense-UPDF, State House and the police to investigate the exercise.

Several Members of Parliament from Bunyoro have visited the refinery affected persons in Hoima following an outcry that they were not adequately compensated.

According to Dr. Basangwa, the hospital faces a challenge of some of the patients who recover and are reluctant to return to home because of stigma

The Ugx 25 Billion project to be executed by the ministry of water and environment will see the construction of 75 deep boreholes the districts of Amuru, Gulu, Nwoya, Lamwo, Kitgum, Pader and Agago. Six piped water facilities will be supplied in Koch goma, Unyama, Awere, Kitgum Matidi, corner Kilak and Adilang rural growth centers.

Amwony says that she and other people are forced to walk for a distance of about seven kilometers to get water from a shallow well.

Tension is mounting in Nakaseke after people who had fled the district during the 1981-1986 war announced their return on the land which they occupied before the war.