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Simon Agaba Kinene, the Buliisa LCV Chairperson says that they have submitted several reports to the government through the office of the prime minister for intervention in vain.
Leaders in Buliisa have protested the delayed resettlement of thousands
of people who were displaced by floods.
In March, more than 3,500 families settling on the shores of Lake
Albert in the sub-counties of Butiaba, Kigwera and Kigoya were displaced by the
floods resulting from the increasing levels of Lake Albert.
The most affected landing sites are Wanseko, Katanga, Masaka, in
Kigwera sub-county, Kawaibanda, Butiaba, Boma, Kigangaizi, Tugombili and
Walukuba. Others are Bugoigo, Kamagongoro, Kigungu, Serule, Piida,
Waisoki, Triangle and Magali in Butiaba sub-county, Kabolwa and Kigoya landing
sites in Kigoya sub-county.
Some of the families were forced to seek refuge in Churches, Schools and under
trees.
Mugenyi Malitabu, the Butiaba Sub County LCIII Chairperson wonders
why government rushed to relocate flood victims in other parts of the country but
abandoned those in Buliisa.
Simon Agaba Kinene, the Buliisa LCV Chairperson says that they have
submitted several reports to the government through the Office of the Prime Minister
for intervention in vain.
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Norah Bigirwa Nyendwoha, the Buliisa District Woman Member of Parliament
says that the relief items which include blankets and food that were delivered
to the victims by the Office of the Prime Minister were insufficient.
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Longino Bahebwa, the Resident District Commissioner Buliisa says
his office is yet to make a follow-up about how with arrangements to have the
flood victims resettled. He, however, called on the victims to be calm
as the government is looking for fund to acquire land and have them resettled.
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Gilbert Balikenda, a fisherman at Wanseko Landing site in Kigoya Sub
County says his two permanent houses have been submerged by the floods but the government
has done nothing to help him. He wants the government to compensate him so that
he can start a new life.
