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This poll has completed. It ran from June 28, 2012, 1:52 a.m. through July 5, 2012, 7:11 a.m.
Are Bududa community members responsible for the loss of live due to irresponsible choices of living on slopes of Mount Elgon?
Following a third landslide in 3 years, experts are warning that unless long-term measures are put in place, similar disasters are inevitable.
"We are going to see frequent occurrence of these disasters if continuous abuse of environment at steep slopes are not addressed," Mary Gorretti Kitutu Kimono at Uganda's National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) said
"People are looking for more land to grow food and settlement so they clear the vegetation and don't practice good farming practices... making the soil weaker and vulnerable to be washed down whenever there is rain."
he government has announced a plan to relocate more than 400,000 people from the country's mountainous areas to more suitable land. However, there has been fierce resistance to government efforts to relocate the most vulnerable people. Government relocated over 3,000 residents in 2010 and gave each family 2.5 acres. However, some returned to the hills, citing ancestral links and more fertile soil.
Is it fair to say Bududa community members are responsible for the loss of live due to irresponsible choices of living on slopes of Mount Elgon?
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