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President Museveni on Wednesday visited the area and told the victims that he had come to pay condolences for the people who died and support the displaced and those who lost property. Museveni said the mudslide victims should accept to relocate to a safer area government is going to resettle them.

At least three children were buried by a mudslide that struck Kabukero village, Mahango sub-county in Kasese district on Wednesday evening.

An unspecified number of people are believed to have been buried after the landslide covered at least 15 houses in Bunakasala village in Bunamulembwa in Bulucheke Sub County of Bududa district.

Members of Parliament are pushing for a law establishing a Special Contingencies Fund to cater for emergencies and disasters. This comes a week after landslides buried at least two villages in Bududa district on June 25, and as Nodding disease continues to ravage homes in Northern Uganda.

Government still has much to do to respond to landslide disasters now common in Mount Elgon areas. Major General Julius Oketta, the relief and disaster coordinator in the office of the Prime Minister, acknowledges that little or no measures have been designed to protect lives and property when landslides occur.

The directive by President Yoweri Museveni to have survivors of Monday’s landslides in Bududa district relocated to other places within the country has drawn mixed reactions among the locals in the area.

Rescue equipment promised by government is yet to reach Bududa district three days after landslides buried two villages in Bulucheke Sub County.

Government has dispatched reinforcement equipments to Bulucheke Sub County in Bududa district to help in the search and rescue efforts currently going on following landslides on Monday afternoon.

A team of rescue workers are still digging through the rubble in search of victims of devastating landslides that hit two villages in Bududa district on Monday. Kevin Nabutwa, the Assistant Director Uganda Red Cross Society, says efforts are being hampered by lack of excavation equipment which has forced rescue workers to dig through the rubble with rudimentary tools including hoes and spades.

More than 1, 000 people who survived the recent landslides in Sironko district are pleading with government to relocate them to safer areas.

At least five people are confirmed dead following a Sunday morning mudslide that hit their home in Mahango sub-county in Kasese district.

Three people including a special police constable have been arrested in connection with the theft of iron sheets meant for Kiryandongo refugee settlement camp in Kiryandongo district.

Residents of Bulambuli district are claiming that the recent landslide that hit the area could have been caused by supernatural forces.

A joint funeral ceremony was held on Tuesday afternoon for the victims of the mudslides that struck villages in Sisiyi Sub County, Bulambuli district.

Survivors of the Bulambuli landslides spent Monday night in the cold without food and water.

The more than 23, 000 victims of the recent mudslides in Kaabong district have started a new phase of life at their Internally Displaced People’s Camp at Kawalakol trading center.

Police and Red Cross workers in Bulambuli district have revealed the identities of fifteen people who died after being buried by mudslides on Monday morning.

At least fifteen people are confirmed dead after being buried by landslides in Mabono village in Bulambuli district.

The relocation exercise for the victims of the last week’s landslide in Kaabong district has for the second time with residents accusing government of neglecting them.

Eight people have been injured by a mudslide that hit Bududa district on Thursday morning. The eight were injured when a landslide struck their home in Simuyu village in Bulucheke Sub-county, along the slopes of Mt. Elgon.