Although district promised to secure for them land elsewhere for settlement, the efforts have not yet yielded any success. Efransi Mugabi, 76, an old single widow caring for six grandchildren whose parents passed away, now sleeps under a tarpaulin tied on the tree outside the LCI chairperson’s house.
But RDC Tilutya does not regret ordering the setting ablaze of the camp saying it has been illegal in the area. According to the RDC, much as these people had been displaced by slides, they have taken too long without finding an alternative permeant solution and had started to commit crimes in the area such as having sex during day time and theft.
