Over the weekend, heavy rains and strong winds destroyed hundreds of home in Kalambi Sub-county in Kasese district. The homeless residents of Kalambi were forced to seek shelter at the Sub-county headquarters and Musasa Primary School. There were growing fears that the destruction of latrines could lead to an outbreak of Cholera. “We need temporary toilets because all the toilets were blown off.”
Meanwhile, in Masaka and Sembabule districts, the authorities were worried about a rabies outbreak after a pack of stray dogs attacked and mowed three children. Patricia Nakabugo and Sadat Kasozi who were attacked as they returned from fetching firewood were hospitalized in Masaka hospital. The child in Sembabule was on her way to school when she was attacked. “The dogs attacked the pupils on their way from school. Her colleagues took off but she fell and the bit her.” The teachers at Lugusulu Primary School in Sembabule said the turn up at the school had dropped due to fears of being attacked by the dogs. “When a child identifies that there are certain dogs along the way, then that child may fail to come to school.”
Mukasa Kilumila, the Masaka district veterinary officer said with an increase in dog bite cases, he had expressed concern that the vaccination of dogs had not been done since 2016. “To complete the treatment you need not less than 150,000 so most people end up not going for this treatment. This certainly exposes them to deflexed rabies.”
In Iganga town, the residents had complained about three years they had spent without street lights. “People have resorted to moving with torches but this exposes them to thugs who grab their belongings.” “This shows that our leaders don’t care about us.” “Going solar, because, though solar energy is expensive in the initial stages, it is more sustainable.” Said, David Balaba – Mayor, Iganga Municipality. Umeme cut off power in the town after the authorities failed to pay the 27 million shillings bill. The lack of street lighting was blamed for an increase in the town’s night time crime rate.
