Uganda: Broken Roads Block Aid to Mudslide Victims

2 September 2011

Before they could recover and settle after the disaster that left more than 31 people dead on Monday, another mudslide struck Bulambuli District yesterday - but luckily no one died. On the same day, it emerged that relief items for the victims could not be distributed due to bad roads.

Uganda Red Cross Society, the agency mandated to spearhead the aid, instead rang an alarm bell that storm water had washed away bridges, cutting off 10 roads connecting to several villages.

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