Many schools in Kasese district adjacent to major rivers have registered a low turn-up of learners due to Sunday night floods.
This flooding of Rivers Nyamwamba, Sebwe and Mobuku consequently affected learning as schools opened on the first day of third term on Monday.
Majority of schools still reported huge numbers of absenteeism as school going children return for their third term.
The bursting of river banks equally destroyed a number of properties, mainly roads and temporary bridges.
Elisha Muhindo, the head teacher of Basecamp primary school indicated that only 99 learners out of 657 whom they closed with last term have turned up explaining that most of them come from across River Nyamwamba and therefore could not make it because of its floods and related disastrous effects.
Magdalena Mulhondi, head teacher Road Barrier Primary School whose school only registered 31 pupils out of the 520 learners they had last term, unveiled an unfortunate incident where they almost lost a P.3 child at the expense of R. Nyamwamba.
Jaffari Kigutiha a senior citizen but also chairperson LC1 Basecamp lower cell expressed his and the fear of most parents about their children performing poorly this term because of being absent as a result of floods but also highlighted the lives of their children remaining at risk.
Following the fresh floods of River Nyamwamba, the main road connecting Bulembia division to Kasese town and other small roads were swept away, halting the movement of vehicles and people in the division.
