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Climate change brings a river’s wrath down on western Uganda

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In 2020 alone, 173,000 people were affected by flooding in Kasese district, when 25,000 houses were destroyed. Many of those rendered homeless by the floods continue to languish in temporary housing camps four years on. This is the first of a two-part series on climate-related disasters in western Uganda. Part Two will be published next week.

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Climate change brings a river’s wrath down on western Uganda

This is the first of a two-part series on climate-related disasters in western Uganda. Part Two will be published next week. KASESE, Uganda — In March 2020, right as the rainclouds began to gather, Rehema Aryema Namale bought a house here in western Uganda. It cost her 50 million shillings, around $12,000, and her plan was to retire in it. She was looking forward to tending a garden and raising her children there. Less than two months later, it …

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