By Kampala Post Reporter
President Yoweri Museveni has commissioned Bulambuli Resettlement Project in Eastern Uganda’s Bugisu Sub-Region.
The resettlement project will offer a home to landslide affected people from the districts of Bududa, Bulambuli, Sironko, Manafwa and Namisindwa. The implementation of the Resettlement Plan followed the President’s directive in November 2018 after a second landslide killed 53 people in Bukalasi Sub-County, Bududa District.
Commissioning 101 housing units at Bunambutye Resettlement Camp in Bulambuli District on Wednesday, President Museveni expressed happiness that finally, the people affected by landslides have realized the danger of staying in the areas that are prone to landslides.
“The people were not listening and the second landslide happened. I am happy that everyone has seen the danger and we can now go and save our people,” he said. He criticized leaders who he said were frustrating government efforts to have landslide victims re-located to safer places. The president described those detractors as real enemies of people in those affected areas.
“Those who said no that you shouldn’t, they were pretending to love the people yet they are the enemies of the people. That is why there was paralysis,” he added. President Museveni once again extended his sympathy and condolences to the people who lost their loved ones in the landslide tragedy in Bududa and the surrounding districts.
He asked the wanainchi to utilize productively the land that has been given to them so that they are able to generate income for their families. He proposed that they should undertake both food and cash crop production and also use the backyard of their houses to increase household income.
1st Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy Leader of Government Business in Parliament, Moses Ali, said the 10-year project is being carried out jointly by the UPDF Engineering Brigade, the Construction Unit of the Uganda Police Force and the Mechanical Unit of the Uganda Prisons Service. It targets resettlement of 10,000 people per year, with Bugisu Sub-Region given top priority.Moses Ali said despite the delay by some selfish people, 241 houses have been constructed, out of which the first 101 are complete and occupied. He says the remaining 140 will be completed in the next four 4 months.
