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BUDUDA LANDSLIDES: Residents yet to move to camps
A young boy receives relief items from workers of the Uganda Red Cross society. These are some of the people who were willing to move into the camps. Photo by Stephen Wandera.
Bududa
Just a day after President Museveni told all people in the Bududa villages to move to camps, a section of them dents have resisted the directive.
The government has set up camps at Bulucheke and Bukalasi fields.
When Daily Monitor went to Bulucheke Village, there was no sign of a camp as tents had not been erected and there was no relief food. At the site was a Community Development Officer, Mr Sam Bogere, who was registering people.
“We have so far registered 22 families and this is a small number,” he said.
However, Uganda Red Cross officials said 200 people had been registered at Bukalasi Secondary School.
Daily Monitor saw about 80 people crowded in the school’s classrooms.
Mr Yekonia Natseli, a resident of Nametsi, said although he accepts that the place is apparently dangerous to live in, he does not want to live his ancestral home where his parents were buried.
“I know this place is not safe for us but we have lived here. Our greatgrand parents lived here, we cannot leave the graves of our ancestors,” he said.
Some force
Although the Constitution does not provide for forceful eviction of people, the army’s 3rd Division Commander, Brig Patrick Kankiriho says force may be applied.
He said he had instructed Police to ensure that residents of Tunwatsi, Mulwere, Kubewo and Nametsi are all forcefully moved out of the affected areas and villages where the landslide threatens to strike.
