The Office of the Prime Minister-OPM has started distributing relief food to the more than 5,600 people displaced by floods in Mbale district.
The affected persons include the 150 households whose homesteads were washed away by floods during the heavy rains that hit the area over the weekend when River Nabuyonga, Namatala, and Nashibiso burst their banks. More than 20 lives were lost in the tragedy.
According to Brig, Gen. James Kinalwa head of emergency Coordination centre under the office of the prime minister, they have delivered 20 tons of maize flour and 10 tons of beans as well as 150 tarpaulins.
He said that the teams are still on the ground to ensure that all the affected persons are rescued from the disaster.
Brig, Gen. James Kinalwa added that his office and the local authorities are working together to find a place where they can temporally resettle the affected as they await for permanent resettlement.
Asumani Nasike the resident district commissioner Mbale while flagging off the food at Mbale district headquarters cautioned those involved in the distribution to desist from stealing relief items meant for the victims warning that they will be arrested.
Ahamada Washaki the RCC Mbale city however refuted the allegations that the president gave only three hundred thousand shillings(300,000) to the family of the deceased but instead confirmed that the president gave 5million shillings to each of the families that lost a relative in the flood
By Mumbejja Joyce Ndagiire
