By Alex Byakatonda.
apearlnews.com
About 80 houses, including a church, were destroyed on Wednesday by a
A strong hailstorm hit Kabale district.
The hailstorm occurred during a heavy downpour that started at around
1:00pm and lasted for more than an hour. The hailstorm affected houses.
Butanda and Kahungye sub-counties, as well as Ryakarimira town
Kabale, according to Alex Byakatonda
The District Information Officer
Willy Ivan Twikirize is the LC2 Parish Chairman of Habuhuriro Parish in Kahungye.
He says that he has personally witnessed 11 houses in his
parishes affected by the hail stormHe adds that most of the
The roofs of some houses were blown off, while others were completely destroyed.
damaged.
Twikiriize identifies some of the victims, whose houses were destroyed.
Rogers Akankwasa, Friday, Nyabyumba-Kyinyami Bataka, Robert
Dinah Tukazarwa, Bernad Tibeijuka, Joseph Banganagyira,
Christopher Turimubanze, Edison Kahungu, Bere Tibenderana, Kakwenza, and
Ninzeyimana, and Sunday, among others.
Twikirize also says that most of the affected were advised to seek
shelter from their friends and relatives.
Ivan Bahika, Rugaga parish LC2 Chairman in Butanda sub-county, says
He said that he had counted more than 10 damaged houses at Hakyooma trading center.
and many more in the Habuhuriro and Habubaare trading centers, as well as in the surrounding area
Murandomo parish.
Dickson Kamuhanda, a resident of Butanda sub-county’s Nyombe parish
It says that the hailstorm destroyed Nyakihanda church in Uganda in
Rubaya parish The incident was also confirmed by the church.
Catechist, Boaz Kakuru. Kamuhanda also says that many houses in the
The villages of Biringo and Rwemihanga were damaged. Kamuhanda says that a
The Kahungye primary school kitchen was also not spared. He calls upon the
The government should intervene and help the affected people.
Miria Tugume Akankwasa, Kabale District Vice-Chairperson, who is also
a resident of Butanda sub-county, claims to have been personally
affected by the hailstorm, which blew off her house and also destroyed
her pig sty. She says that the affected people are in dire need of
Help.
