The two separate incidents happened on Wednesday following the rains that lasted for 4 hours before bursting the major rivers in Narwosi and Katanga cells.
Residents clearing the logs that blocked the bridge forcing water to bust its banks. It’s the same spot where the body of Lucia Ilukol was retrieved in Katanga cell.
Two children have died and property destroyed after heavy rains caused flash flooding in Moroto Municipality.
The two separate incidents happened on Wednesday following rains that lasted for 4 hours before bursting the banks of major rivers in Narwosi and Katanga cells.
In Narwosi, two children identified as Lucia Ilukol and
Hellen Aleper all residents of the Nawonyonoit village in Nadunget sub-county
were swept off by fast-flowing water.
Ilukol died on the spot and her body was retrieved while
Aleper was rescued by residents.
Another child, Evalin Sabuwa aged two years, died after floods swept the house she was sleeping in. Sabuwa was retrieved from the water and rushed to Moroto
Regional Referral Hospital, where she died shortly after arrival.
Michael Longole, the Mt Moroto Regional Police
Spokesperson warned community members against crossing fast-flowing
waters and having residential homes near river banks.
The residents blamed the Municipal authorities for failing
to open up a proper drainage system that would enable the water to flow.
Thomas Omuge, a resident of Katanga cell said that
several homes were submerged due to poor drainage systems. Omuge also noted that solid waste management becomes a great
challenge as people continue dumping wastes in the streams blocking water from
flowing.
Omuge urged the authorities to consider working on a drainage
system and carry out continuous community sensitization on waste management.
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Isaac Lokol, the LCIII Chairperson of South Division in Moroto
Municipality said that the bridges were blocked by the logs which
forced water to find the alternative way out and ended up submerging people's
homes. He said that the floods have left many households displaced.
Lokol also revealed that the rains have also frustrated the
rehabilitation and construction of access roads within the Municipality.
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Gideon Longole, Moroto Deputy Town Clerk acknowledged
that several streams in the municipality have been silted and require urgent
attention.
Longole said that they had already sent the team to
clear the blockages at the rivers which were blocked by logs, woods, and
other materials blocking water from flowing.
Longole said that the team of Engineers has been dispatched
to establish the state of the roads and the bridges. He added that the efforts
to desilt the affected bridges are ongoing.
