Livingstone Kyotamanya, the Miirya Sub County Chairperson confided to our reporter that, due to the flooding of major roads, transport has been paralyzed with travelers having to foot more money to move from one place to another since the roads are now immotorable.
Kyotamanya adds that the transport hurdles have led to skyrocketing commodity prices.
Kyotamanya attributes the flooding to rainfall and climate change, stressing that they have much more rain compared to other seasons. He noted that some students didn’t sit for their final exams, and residents are missing health services due to floods.
He also asked residents to be security cautious when using the flooded roads so as not to fall prey to dangerous aquatic species like snakes and others.
The major roads that have been cut off are Masindi Port Road, Kinumi-Kisindizi, Kinumi-Katagurukwa, and Kigenga Road.
Kyotamanya stresses that, as the sub-county, they don’t have the capacity to maintain these roads due to a lack of funds.
Last month, over 300 families from Kimengo Sub County were displaced by flooding water from the River Kafu.