At least 12 People have been\u00a0 confirmed\u00a0 dead with thousands displaced following Landslides that took place in Bundibugyo District.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Office of The Prime Minister has revealed that they have now dispatched teams to investigate the extent of the death and destruction before as they come up with a relief and mitigation strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the state minister for\u00a0 disaster and preparedness Musa Echweru, government is\u00a0 working\u00a0 tirelessly to recover bodies who have been buried by landslide in the hilly district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI have confirmed as I talk to you know, 12 bodies that is 11 adults and 1 child have been retrieved by team of leaders, police and the red cross, we think there might be more bodies,” said Echweru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He revealed that the government has already dispatch a team, to go and monitor the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI have dispatch immediately some relief assistance and I directed them to see that the survivors are quickly located to the nearest schools, churches as I dispatch food and\u00a0 nonfood items to make sure that we take care of the survivors as we monitor the situation,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The LC5 Bundibugyo Ronald Mutegeke\u00a0 said they have lost so far 14 people and mostly coming\u00a0 from mountaineous\u00a0 areas where\u00a0 some parts of the roads were cut off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He revealed that the district is working\u00a0 round the clock to relocate thousands of people who have been displaced.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere are beyond 4000 households because the damage has hit different parts of the district\u00a0 and we call upon the government to set up the team to come in ground and they assess the level of damage,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He called\u00a0 for\u00a0 the help from government and other humanitarian agencies. There has been a number of floods and landslides in Bundibugyo since the current heavy\u00a0rain but this is the first time\u00a0death has been reported.\u00a0
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At least 12 People have been\u00a0 confirmed\u00a0 dead with thousands displaced following Landslides that took place in Bundibugyo District.\u00a0 The Office of The Prime Minister has revealed that they have now dispatched teams to investigate the extent of the death and destruction before as they come up with a relief and mitigation strategy. According to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2270,"featured_media":12583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-12620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"\n