Government should re-engineer its responses to disaster preparedness, and management. For the last 10 years, the country has responded in the same way to similar and recurrent disasters.
Surprisingly, our natural disasters, especially floods, landslides, and mud falls, are predictable. Similarly, the areas prone to these catastrophes are also known, especially the highland areas of Elgon, the Rwenzori, and Kigezi as well as the flood plains of Bukedi, especially Butaleja and Pallisa.
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