The death toll from mudslides in the Kigezi region has risen to 18 following heavy downpour that started last night to today morning.
Six people died in Biizi and Gihuyaga villages in Murora sub-county, three in Kashyambya and Rwamucucu Sub Counties in Rukiga district, and three others in Rubanda district.
Today, the bodies of three people Kevin Ahereza 2, Vastinah Perceiver,7, and Jeninah Twikiriize,36 all residents of Rwamahano village in Ikamiro Muko Sub County, in Rubanda district were recovered by residents.
Ernest Rwamirengye, the Ikamiro Parish LCII Chairman says that mudslides also destroyed about 80 houses and gardens of crops like cabbage, Beans, and sorghum.
Two more bodies were also recovered in Murora sub-county, Kisoro district, according to Hajji Shafique Ssekandi, Kisoro Resident District Commissioner.
Traffic flow on the Kabale-Lake Bunyonyi road was paralyzed on Wednesday morning after mudslides blocked the road at Kiyoora cell in the Kabale District.
Several tourist vehicles, passenger vehicles, cyclists, and pedestrians were seen stranded on the roadside.
The Uganda National Roads Authority station manager for Kabale Ms Arison Abenabo said she had deployed a team of engineers to fix the damaged areas.
She said that they had all the equipment to fix any blocked road.
The Uganda Red Cross Society warned that at least 40 districts are at risk of suffering consequences of the prevailing rainy season in the country.
According to Irene Nakasiita, the spokesperson of Uganda Red Cross Society, the districts likely to be affected are those around lake basins and the ones with both high and low land areas such as western, West Nile and eastern parts of Uganda.
In a statement, Nakasiita, in other parts, the banks of River Lamia in Bundibugyo have a bust affecting crops, and households along the river banks.
Uganda Red Cross is working with local community members, and the authorities to respond to the tragic incidents in Kisoro.
Relatedly, reports from Kigali indicate that at least 100 people have died in Rwanda in areas which border Kisoro district after a heavy downpour that started on Monday evening and the number is expected to increase.
Recently, the Uganda Meteorological Authority warned Ugandans to brace for two months of heavy rains in April and May.
