Government is to set up a National Emergency Response Centre to adequately manage all kinds of disasters that may occur in different parts of the country.

Addressing reporters shortly opening a justice hearing tribunal on Climate Change, the Disaster Preparedness State Minister Musa Ecweru revealed that government has entered into partnership with Israelis to establish an emergency centre to scale up the management of disasters.

 Ecweru said that government has invited the experts on disaster management from Israel who will share their skills with the local team to be coordinated by Major General Dr Julius Oketa to respond better to calamities like floods and Mudslides.

 Meanwhile Ecweru revealed that the ministry is yet to implement a presidential directive on the public misuse of Wetlands that has resulted into rampant floods in some parts of the country.

 The Finance and Administration Manager at the African Women’s Economic Policy Network Joyce Nsubuga says that women are affected most by climate change.