Uganda, May 4 -- On the evening of May 2, landslides and stone debris covered a section of the Kabale-Mbarara Highway around the Kabaraga Hills at Karubanda Village in Kyanamira Sub-county of Kabale District, paralysing traffic flow for hours.

The incident occurred at around 6pm, following a downpour that lasted about seven hours. The affected road section is about 5km from Kabale Town.

Over the weekend, this newspaper reported that at least 1,600 vendors and families were stranded in Jinja City. Rising water levels of Lake Victoria, it was reported, have submerged markets, homes, roads, borehole, and washing bays, among others at Masese Landing Site in Jinja City.

Ugandans have become accustomed to such stories that have been attribut...