URN National Perspective

March 1st 2010. Nobody imagined it. In just moments, Nametsi and two other villages in Bududa District in Bugisu were wiped out from the face of the Earth. More than 300 people were buried, dead. Billions of shillings in houses, property, domestic animals and food crops were destroyed. Around the country, the pictures of death and devastation shocked and saddened many. The Bududa landslides are the biggest disaster in Uganda’s recent history. A blow-by-blow account of the disaster is the focus of this edition of National Perspective. For more information call 0414 530 777 (Producer - David Rupiny; Reporters – Michael Wambi, Joseph Elunya, Patience Atuhaire and Irene Kansiime; Editor-in-Chief – Rachel Mugarura-Mutana)