Residents of Kyesiiga Sub County in Masaka District are crying foul after heavy rains characterised by string winds destroyed their property.
The rainstorm which lasted close to three hours destroyed more than 40 houses, leaving 200 residents stranded as several house roofs were blown off, several hectares of crops like bananas, cassava, coffee and newly planted beans, maize also got destroyed.
The affected villages include; Katikamu, Miwololo, Ddimo landing site, Malembo, Bbiga, Mikunyu, Mweruka, Gayaza, Bbuuliro, Lukono in Bbuuliro and Kitunga parishes in Kyesiiga Sub County in Masaka District.
According to Moses Gabula, the chairperson of Bbuliro Parish, many affected households are in dire need of food and shelter calling on the government to intervene.
Suleiman Matovu, a resident of Bigga Village, said that the government needs to come up with a plan to restore all the depleted forests in the area.
This is the second rainstorm to hit the area in a space of seven months after a similar one struck in September last year.
In October 2021, the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) delivered food relief and iron sheets to residents in the same sub country following a similar disaster.
Recently, the Uganda National Meteorological Authority (UNMA) issued an advisory warning of heavy rains especially in the Lake Victoria basin.
SOURCE: DAILY MONITOR
