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Tanzania: Floods Cause Havoc in Moshi Village
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The Citizen (Dar es Salaam)
26 April 2008
Posted to the web 28 April 2008
Oneithy Andondile
Moshi
About 300 people of Kileo village are stranded after it was flooded with about 60 houses being submerged in water.
Six houses in the village in Mwanga district, Kilimanjaro region, were also destroyed by the floods.
The Kileo village chairman, Mr Philip Samson, said the problem became more serious at midnight on Tuesday when heavy rain caused river Ghona to overflow.
The river flows from Marangu landscapes south east of Mount Kilimanjaro into Nyumba ya Mungu dam.
"Thank God no one has died. As you can see, some houses have been flooded and furniture in them is floating. So we need urgent assistance", Mr Samson said.
Efforts have been made to assist those seriously affected by providing them with temporary accommodation, especially people whose houses have been destroyed.
Last Thursday the Mwanga district commissioner, Mr Jordan Rugimbana, inspected the area and witnessed how people were trying save themselves.
DC Rugimbana said his office was convincing the villagers with houses in flood-prone areas to move to safe areas.
He said basing on the nature of Kileo area, which is flat, it is prone to floods when river Ghona overflows.
However, a survey by The Citizen has found out that the floods have not affected residential areas of Kileo dwellers but has damaged its infrastructure.
They have completely damaged the infrastructure between Kileo village and Dar es Salaam-Arusha highway.
Consequently mini- buses that were traveling between Kileo and Moshi have stopped doing so.
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As a result it has affected activities of traders between the two areas. Kileo itself is a very busy area.
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