Uganda, May 6 -- As the East African region mourns the death of over 300 people who lost their lives in the flash floods that continue to ravage parts of Kenya and Tanzania, Ugandan, legislators have called on the government to activate standby mechanisms such as the allocation of a special budget for disaster preparedness and the establishment of the disaster commission to avert similar devastation.

During Monday's sitting chaired by Ms Anita Among, legislators expressed fears that similar or even worse floods may cut off parts of the country, questioning the government's preparedness to respond to such calamities.

Reacting to Speaker Among's communication in which she sympathized with the bereaved families in Kenya and Tanzania, the L...