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Five bodies have been retrieved from rubble after landslides struck Buluganya Sub County

26 May, 2023
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Five bodies have been retrieved from rubble after landslides struck Buluganya Sub County in Bulambuli District yesterday.

 


Irene Nakasiita the Uganda Red Cross Communications officer says that the landslide which struck at around 3pm killed nine people. Nakasiita says that the local people working hand in hand with the Uganda Red Cross were digging through the rubble to retrieve bodies.

 

She says that the bodies so far retrieved have been handed over to relatives for decent burial.

 

Stanley Bayole the Bulambuli Resident District Commissioner has urged people staying in disaster prone areas to move to safer places as the rains intensify.

 

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