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Uganda: Residents ask govt to build barriers to control floods

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By Yahudu Kitunzi

Local leaders and residents in Butaleja District have asked government to construct embankments along the banks of River Manafwa in order to control flooding in the area.

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Last week, about 12,000 residents were displaced by floods triggered by heavy rain and are now living in dire conditions.

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The most affected sub-counties were Himutu and Mazimasa, where houses were submerged, and crops such as rice, potatoes, cassava, beans and livestock, destroyed.

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“The government should build embankments to protect us who are living in low-lying areas because we have suffered enough due to floods,” the chairperson of Masulula B Village in Himutu Sub-county, Mr Mesulamu Wabaye, said.

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