Manafwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health officials in Manafwa district have reported an escalation of food insecurity, poverty and cases of malnutrition among the marginalized groups during the time of the COVID-19 lockdown. Dr Emma Gahima, the in-charge of Bugobero health center IV and Manafwa district nutrition focal person …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has started the second phase of relocating the landslide victims in Bugisu sub-region. The affected people are being drawn from the districts of Bududa, Namisindwa, Bulambuli, Manafwa and Sironko. Resettlement of people living in high-risk areas of Mount Elgon region to Bunambutye sub …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 100 people in landslide prone areas in Bunabutsale, Kaato and Weswa Sub-Counties in Manafwa district are living in fear of fresh landslides. Fresh cracks continue emerging in Kaato Sub County due to the ongoing rains pounding the district. In May last year, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fresh cracks have emerged in Kaato Sub County in Manafwa district raising fear of landslides among residents and local leaders. Alice Khaiza, a resident of Bunamungoma village in Kaato Sub County told URN that the cracks are visible in four areas in his village. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Victims of the landslides in Manafwa district are starving due to lack of food. In May, landslides hit the district displacing hundreds of households. The landslides were a result of heavy rains that pounded the district. The landslides destroyed properties, swept crop gardens and …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Three NAADS officials from Manafwa District who caused a payment of 65.3m shs for supply of 100,000 coffee seedlings without following procurement laws, regulations and requirements have been sentenced to 5 years imprisonment each, if they fail to pay a total court fine of …
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