In 2013, Kasese municipal council passed a resolution to evict all the sand miners along the river banks, but to date, this resolution has never been implemented.
Centenary said that although the Ministry of Works and Transport sent excavators to Kasese after the river burst in May, the equipment has never been used due to lack of fuel.
The movement to and from Kasese town has been cut off at Nganji by the flooding river. In Ibanda-Kyanya town council, people's houses were submerged in floods after River Mubuku burst its banks.
The river, which originates from the glaciers of Rwenzori Mountains, flows through Kilembe Mines with at least 15 kilometers downstream from Kilembe mines. It branches through River Rukoki which flows into a wide stream of wetlands bordering the north shores of Lake George.
Dr. Edward Wafula, the Medical superintendent of Kilembe Mines hospital says they stopped work as huge volumes of water found their way into the hospital.
River Nyamwamba burst its banks near Kyanzuki primary school and severely damaged the Kyanzuki-Kilembe road, Godfrey Kabyanga, the Mayor of Kasese Municipality told Uganda Radio Network in an interview. Gardens and buildings are also submerged.
According to Walyuba, the hot spring is endowed with minerals such as sodium, calcium potassium and tested temperature of 42 degree centigrade, which is good for bathing.
The hospital had closed after River Nyamwamba burst its banks, gushing water to neighboring villages and cutting off transport in what seemed to be a repeat of the 2013 deadly floods that ravaged the area.
Kilembe Mines Hospital has been closed today after River Nyamwamba once again burst its banks threatening a repeat of the floods that ravaged the area on May 1, 2013. The medical superintendent Dr. Edward Wafula says that there were 195 patients admitted in the hospital before the floods occurred at about 9am today.
More than 3,000 residents of Kilembe Mines estates in Kasese Municipality are consuming water from the rusty metallic pipes, putting their lives at risk. The water is pumped directly from River Nyamwamba.
Pascal Kasoke, the LCIII chairman for Bulembia division, which was affected most during the floods in May says that more than 60 residents have since last month left their homes.
