Death Toll From Uganda Landslide Increases to 23

23 people have died as a result of a garbage landslide in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, a city official announced on Monday.

At the dump in the Kiteezi neighborhood of northern Kampala, mounds of trash covered people and animals on Saturday following a collapse brought on by strong downpours.

According to Daniel Nuweabine, a spokesman for the Kampala city government, “the latest confirmed dead are 23.” He also stated that there was still work to be done in finding any survivors.

“We are evaluating the situation and assisting everyone in need while collaborating with other agencies,” he continued.

Five children were among the victims, according to statements made on Sunday by resident commissioner Yasin Ndide.

Residents watched in despair as excavators plowed through the enormous piles of trash over the course of the weekend in a desperate attempt to find survivors.

Erias Lukwago, the city mayor, called the occurrence a “national disaster” and issued a warning over the weekend, saying that “many, many more could be still buried in the heap as the rescue operation is ongoing.”

He had expressed worries about the potentially dangerous consequences of waste spilling over the 36-acre (14-hectare) dump, which was created in 1996 and receives nearly all of Kampala’s collected rubbish.

In addition to directing the army’s special forces to assist with the search and rescue effort, President Yoweri Museveni stated he was investigating who permitted people to reside next to a “potentially hazardous and dangerous heap.”

Ethiopia, the continent’s second-most populated nation, and other regions of East Africa, including Uganda, have recently experienced intense rainfall.

About 250 people were killed by devastating mudslides that occurred last month in a remote mountainous area of southern Ethiopia.

More than 350 people were killed by mudslides in the eastern Ugandan district of Mount Elgon in February 2010.

In addition to demanding to know who permitted people to dwell close to a “potentially hazardous and dangerous heap,” President Yoweri Museveni said he had ordered the army’s special forces to assist in the search and rescue effort.

Ethiopia, the second-most populated nation on the continent, and other regions of East Africa have lately been severely damaged by intense rains. These locations include Uganda.

A devastating mudslide that occurred last month in a remote mountainous area of southern Ethiopia claimed over 250 lives.

Over 350 people lost their lives in mudslides that occurred in the eastern Ugandan district of Mount Elgon in February 2010.