The office of the Prime Minister has dispatched a team to Bududa district which has again been hit by landslides and mudslides.
At least five people have been confirmed dead following fresh landslides in Bududa district. More than 50 others are reported missing since the landslide that came with a heavy downpour on Tuesday evening.
Bududa District chairman, Mr Wilson Watira said residents in the affected areas are stranded with no food and shelter.
He asked the Office of the Prime Minister and other relief agencies to intervene and deliver relief to the area.
Watira advised the displaced people to seek sanctuary in churches, schools and other public facilities as they wait for help.
Some of the most affected areas are Bunamwamba North, Bunamwamba Main and, Bunamwamba South in Buwaali Sub County. Several houses, animals and crops were also washed away by the landslides. According to the Uganda Red Cross society, about 150 houses were razed by the landslides.
The deceased include Mary Cerina Kibone, 73, Patrick Wakuwema, 4, Seera Miriam Alice, 7, Mary Kimono, 13, and another unidentified male Child.
Now, he Prime Minister’s communication specialist, Julius Mucunguzi says the team from the disaster preparedness and management department will carry out an assessment of the affected people before relief aid is delivered.
He has however re-echoed calls to people leaving on the slopes of Mt Elgon to vacate when rains begin because they are at greater danger and need to relocate.
The office of the prime minister two weeks ago started resettling the first batch of the survivors of the October 11, 2018 landslides in the same area to Bulambuli.
In the first phase, 101 houses have been built, out of a planned 900 houses.
