‘Victims Of deadly Floods, Mudslides Defied God & Logic’ – President Museveni
By Keefa Nuwahereza
President Yoweri Museveni says death and losses from recent flooding and mudslides in parts of the country was due to people defying logic and God in where they choose to stay.
“These losses, on account of floods and landslides, are, mainly, due to the mistake of insisting on settling (living) in areas that logic and God did not intend for human habitation. These are the wetlands (and steep mountains of 31-32% gradient or more than that,” Museveni said in a tweet thread on Tuesday.
He expressed condolences to families of twenty-six people who were killed in two areas – Elgon and Rwenzori, stressing that people had to accept government efforts at resettlement in order to avert any further disasters.
Seventeen flooding deaths were confirmed in the western dis...
