Uganda Hailed on Disaster Policy

{{World Bank disaster risk management specialist, Francis Muraya has lauded Uganda for being one of the African countries that is ahead in implementing disaster policies.}}

He said most African countries don’t have fully-fledged ministries of disaster preparedness like Uganda does.

He also made it clear that Uganda has made significant strides in responding to disaster strikes through a disaster-emergency-response policy.

The specialist was speaking during the opening of a disaster management international conference in the Ugandan capital Kampala.

Uganda is prone to a multitude of natural and human-induced disasters that impact on human lives by causing death, destruction of infrastructure, property, livelihoods and setting back socio-economic development.

Bududa district in the eastern part of the country has been centre-stage in recent deadly disasters.

In 2010, about 100 people were reported killed in a landslide that was triggered by heavy rain in the district. Scores were displaced, which prompted government to swing into swift action to resettle them.

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