Summary:
- More than 430 households, with a population exceeding 2,100, are encamped at Kalonge I Primary School, Bwitho Primary School, and St. Michael Mughanza Primary School, all of which have opened today
KASESE: As schools resumed on Monday, internally displaced persons in Bukonzo County East have expressed concern over their next course of action, as many are temporarily encamped at schools.
More than 430 households, with a population exceeding 2,100, are encamped at Kalonge I Primary School, Bwitho Primary School, and St. Michael Mughanza Primary School, all of which have opened today.
At Kalonge I Primary School, Mayani Mbusa, the Camp Chairperson, stated he has no idea where the more than 100 persons at the camp will go, since most of their houses were washed away.
Benedicto Masereka, Camp Secretary for the displaced persons at Bwitho Primary School, and Uziyeri Ithungu Kabangire, Chairperson of the displaced persons at St. Michael Mughanza Primary, appealed to the government to consider resettling the over 4,500 internally displaced persons in Bukonzo County East. Masereka also reported a food shortage at the Bwitho Primary School IDP camp. He mentioned that, in addition to schools resuming today, they do not have enough food to feed the people in the camp.
Cue in Masereka…on Food Shortage…RR//
Robert Baluku Syaipuma Finance, who visited the camps, including Bwitho Primary School, sympathized with all the people in Bukonzo County East affected by the calamities. He donated 400 kilograms of posh and 200kgs of beans to feed the affected people as they are waiting from government.
Cue in Baluku…..on Donation…..RR//Â
Jim Kalimunda Kyondo sub-county NRM chairperson who had accompanied Baluku, noted that as NRM they would follow up relief issues in the office of the Prime Ministers to the people in the camps
Cue in Kalimunda….on the Matter.…..RR//
