Rwenzori residents told to vacate steep slopes By Hope Mafaranga COMMUNITIES living on the slopes of Rwenzori Mountain have been ordered to vacate the area to avoid landslide related catastrophes. State minister for relief, disaster preparedness and refugee Musa Ecweru said the area was prone to landslides because of its terrain. Handing over food relief to the people of Ntoroko district at Kanara landing site on Sunday, Ecweru said he did not want the people of Rwenzori region to be buried by landslides. “These people must relocate to relatively safer places because I do not want to come here to bury them. It is better for me to come here to look after them and bring food relief when they are displaced somewhere,” Ecweru said. Ecweru said Uganda was experiencing disasters like lightning and hailstorm as a result of environmental degradation. “The weather has become unpredictable due to environmental degradation. Experts are telling us that lightning which has
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