{"id":49163,"date":"2021-07-19T10:35:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T07:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kfm.co.ug\/?p=49163"},"modified":"2021-07-19T10:35:57","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T07:35:57","slug":"kasese-flood-victims-continue-to-starve-in-camps-as-lockdown-continues-to-bite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/kasese-flood-victims-continue-to-starve-in-camps-as-lockdown-continues-to-bite\/","title":{"rendered":"Kasese flood victims continue to starve in camps as lockdown continues to bite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span data-originalfontsize=\"14pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"18.66666603088379\">By MORIS MUMBERE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"14pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"18.66666603088379\">Scores of Kasese flood victims are on the brink of starvation as the Covid-induced lockdown continues to bite.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"14pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"18.66666603088379\">Many had hoped that they would be considered by the government for the Covid-19 relief cash but to their disappointment, they were left out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"14pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"18.66666603088379\">Joseph Thembo Isingoma the Muhokua Transit camp focal person said they are currently having inadequate food supply by both government and well-wishers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"14pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"18.66666603088379\">The recently concluded floods assessment report indicated that nearly 290 households are currently vulnerable because they were affected by floods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"14pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"18.66666603088379\">In May last year, over 15 people were reported dead by floods and mudslides in Kasese district after several rivers of Nyamwamba, Rwimi, Mubuku, and Nyamugasani burst their banks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"14pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"18.66666603088379\">Floods were also as a result of River Lhubiriha, which borders Uganda and DR Congo along Kitholhu sub-county, in Bukonzo West Constituency which burst its banks after heavy downpour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"14pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"18.66666603088379\">The over 1,000 internally displaced persons were then relocated to Muhokya Transit camp.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"14pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"18.66666603088379\">Floods destroyed people\u2019s gardens, human lives, roads, schools, bridges and health facilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"14pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"18.66666603088379\">Fresh floods hit the same area after River Nyamwamba again burst its banks on Friday last week.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By MORIS MUMBERE Scores of Kasese flood victims are on the brink of starvation as the Covid-induced lockdown continues to bite. Many had hoped that they would be considered by the government for the Covid-19 relief cash but to their disappointment, they were left out. Joseph Thembo Isingoma the Muhokua Transit camp focal person said they are currently having inadequate food supply by both government and well-wishers. The recently concluded floods assessment report indicated that nearly 290 households are currently vulnerable because they were affected by floods. In May last year, over 15 people were reported dead by floods and mudslides in Kasese district after several rivers of Nyamwamba, Rwimi, Mubuku, and Nyamugasani burst their banks. 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