18 families are stranded in Rukiiri Sub County after the authorities in Ibanda district ordered them to leave their homes immediately. Kajwengye, the district boss, insists that the families should go and live with their relatives since both the disaster ministry and the district have no money to resettle them to a safer place.
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.
Police in Kisoro has recovered the bodies of two pupils of Gisoro primary school who were on Friday evening killed by landslides as they prepared supper at their home.
Nametsi village, the scene of last year’s devastating landslide that killed more than 200 people in Bududa district is once again bustling with life.
