By Augustine Mumbere,
The health condition at Mapata internally displaced people’s camp in Bugoye sub-county Kasese district is in sorry state, Kasese Guide Radio has learnt.
At least 60 households are temporarily encamped at Mapata trading centre after landslides hit their homes early this month following heavy down pour.
Speaking to our reporter yesterday at Mapata IDP camp , Mr.Uziah Mbuli, said the over 183 people staying in the camp are reportedly sharing two dilapidated pit latrines, a situation that puts lives of people at risk of disease outbreak.
Mr. Mbuli said should Government and Partners in development fail to erect more pit-latrines, there is a likely hood of cholera outbreak due to open defection. Mr. Mbuli speaking…
Ms. Maryzolina Ithungu, a mother of four children, asked government to donate blankets and treated Mosquito nets to the camp so as to prevent people from contracting Malaria.Ms. Ithungu speaking…
Mr. Augustine Masereka and Ms. Rosemary Kabugho both locals of Mapata Village, proposed to Government to permanently settle the internally displaced people by procuring for them land on the lower lands. Mr. Masereka and others speaking….
Over ten people lost their lives in the recent landslides in Kasese district. May their souls rest in Eternal Peace. END.
