Ntoroko district

Uganda Red Cross aids flood victims in Ntoroko district

The Uganda Red Cross Society has distributed essential household items to 312 households displaced by floods in Ntoroko District, Western Uganda. The distribution through URCS Bundibugyo branch followed a vulnerability capacity assessment in the affected sub counties of Butungama and Bweramule. The items included tarpaulins, cups, plates, blankets, saucepans, and soap and water purification tablets […]

Ecweru wants those on Mt. Rwenzori slopes to relocate

The minister for disaster preparedness Musa Ecweru has directed the people living in the steep hills of Mt Rwenzori to relocate to area that are relatively safe. Ecweru says the environmental degradation has inflicted on the environment across the country citing landsides, hailstorms and lightening among other dangers people on mountains are prone to. He […]