Flood victims exchange relief items for a glass of Chang’aa
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Victims of the flood in Busia are now exchanging the relief items received from the government with cash or a glass of the sweetener “Chang’aa”
Victims of the flood in Busia are now exchanging the relief items received from the government with cash or a glass of the sweetener “Chang’aa”.
After receiving 17 iron sheets—10 from the national government and 7 from the county government—the victims of storm and floods in Teso North decided to sell the item, which sells for Kshs. 1450, for only Kshs. 500.
Assistant County Commissioner Ben Kipkorir Birechi of the Angurai Division announced during the distribution of relief supplies and iron sheets to more than 200 families at the Angurai Vocational Training Institute in Teso North Subcounty that his office would audit the families to find out who traded iron sheets for Chang’aa.
“The disaster committee together with local administration will conduct a forensic audit to identify those who pretended or bribed to be enlisted as victims only to sell the items for a glass of Chang’aa,” said ACC Angurai Birechi.
His remarks coincide within a week after locals urged DCI to look into the unethical process that resulted in some households obtaining aid supplies even though they were never affected.
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The ACC was speaking when he accompanied Busia governor Dr. Paul Nyongesa Otuoma to distribute relief food to the affected families by storms and floods that rendered over 70 families homeless.
With the ongoing rainfalls in most parts of the country, governor Otuoma has urged the government to release disaster funds to the counties already experiencing adverse flooding to aid affected families noting that Busia is already overwhelmed by the effects of floods with Budalang’I, Apokor, Amoni and Akiriamasi.
“As a county, we are overwhelmed by the floods already, hundreds are displaced already across the county. We are appealing to the national disaster committee to give us funds to mitigate the situation before it escalates,” said Governor Otuoma.
The governor has now attributed the flooding in the country to global warming effects as a result of emissions from industrious countries on the globe urging President Ruto to champion for compensations of countries that contribute least to climate change.
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