The Rukiga County Member of Parliament, Patrick Kiconco Katabaazi, has asked the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) to assess damage caused by floods and mudslides in Kashambya Sub-county and provide relief to affected communities.
Speaking during a plenary sitting on Tuesday, Katabaazi said the disasters had affected several villages, including Nyarubisi, Nyarugorogoro, Nyaruhanga, Rukoni and Kantare, damaging homes and roads.
He said the floods and mudslides had also affected educational institutions, including Kantare Secondary School, whose compound and laboratory were damaged and Kantare Primary School, where part of the school building was affected.
Katabaazi urged the government to urgently assess the extent of the destruction and provide assistance to households whose livelihoods had been disrupted.
In response, the Third Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Without Portfolio, Lukia Isanga Nakadama, said she would dispatch a team to the affected area to assess the damage.
Katabaazi also called for a comprehensive risk assessment, warning that 17 villages across six parishes in Kashambya Sub-county remained at risk of flooding.
He urged authorities to take preventive measures to protect residents, schools and infrastructure from further destruction, warning that failure to prepare in advance could expose more communities to danger.
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Meanwhile, the Uganda Red Cross Society said on Monday that it was preparing to conduct an assessment in the affected communities to establish the extent of the damage, identify urgent humanitarian needs among affected households and determine appropriate response measures.
