At least 80 people who were displaced by floods in Kanyangeya parish, Kasese District have spent three weeks without food, Julius Monday Kule, the Camp leader says.
According to Kule, the parish is adjacent to River Nyamwamba and hosted brick makers more than 20 years ago before the municipal authority banned the activities and allowed human settlement.
He says they have spent three weeks without receiving any support from both government and well-wishers and that there is a dire need for food and clean water for the displaced persons especially the mothers.
Kule adds that their attempts to reach out to the RDC’s office last week seeking food relief were futile as they were told to go back to their homes.
The women leader at the Camp Ithungu Makumbushu says mothers are leaving through hard times and have failed to provide food for their children.
The number of displaced persons is expected to grow as more water keeps rising.
The Kasese Deputy Resident District Commissioner Joshua Masereka, says they have compiled a list of persons that have been displaced for immediate response.
The development follows a disaster that hit Kasese district in May when three major rivers of Nyamwamba in Kasese town, Mubuku in Ibanda-Kyanya town council and River Nyamughasana in Kyalhumba sub County burst their banks.
