Kasese Municipality Facing Pressing Challenge As Gullies Continue To Expand, Leaders Seek Shs 8B To Address This

By Gad Masereka

Kasese: A serious problem is being faced by Kasese Municipality as gullies keep growing and endanger nearby homes and life.

The area, which is characterised by towns on hilltops, is experiencing unregulated runoff, which causes massive trenches to form during times of intense rainfall.

The situation has worsened as a result of climate change, and local leaders are unsure how to raise the additional 8 billion shillings required to handle the problem.

Concerned neighbour Kigutiha Jafari stated, “Whenever it rains, a lot of runoff is collected from the mountains, rolling down to form enormous trenches that are now threatening lives on the lower side.”

The leadership in Kasese, according to Richard Bomera, the chairperson of LC3 Bulembia Division, is extremely concerned, but they lack the resources to handle the issue.

“The population growth on hilltops is out of control and wreaking havoc on the plains. Although the Kasese leadership is worried about the existence of this catastrophe, they lack the means to put it under control, according to Richard Bomera, Chairperson of LC3 Bulembia Division in Kasese Municipality.

Local leaders emphasise the significance of political will, tenacity, and effective lobbying as they seek solutions to this urgent issue.

Bomera emphasised that the situation would be saved by the political will, tenacity, and lobbying skills of the leaders.

The USMID (Urban Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development) initiative, which has pledged to support the Municipality’s drainage master plan, is one source of hope for Kasese Municipality, according to Chance Kahindo, the municipality’s mayor.

“The USMID project, which promised to pay for the Municipality’s drainage master plan, is our only hope,” said Kahindo.

Residents are being urged to use water-harvesting tanks in order to reduce the amount of water that flows from the hills.

The mayor of Kasese Municipality, Chance Kahindo, continued, “Now, as one way of reducing the amount of water pouring from the hills, households are being encouraged to build water-harvesting tanks.

Authorities also emphasise that inefficient farming practises have significantly contributed to the escalation of erosion and flooding in the Kasese Municipality.

The mayor, Chance Kahindo, cited poor farming practises as the cause of erosion and flooding in the Kasese Municipality.

The municipality’s leaders are still looking for ways to generate the necessary 8 billion shillings, as the situation is still dire, in order to stop the gullies from growing much more and to lessen the impact of climate change in the region.

There is a ray of optimism that with the prospective funding for the USMID project, cooperative efforts and creative solutions can be used to protect the lives and properties of the citizens in Kasese Municipality.