Disaster Preparedness minister Musa Ecweru with a team from Office of Prime Minister, Uganda Red Cross and district authorities have rushed to Kasese district where torrential rains ravaged villages, killing five people and making scores homeless.
According to Uganda Red Cross, relief trucks from Red Cross and OPM arrived in Kasese Thursday night. The items are targeting 400 families who were mostly affected.
They include: tarpaulins, sauce pans, blankets, mosquito nets, plates, cups, washing soap, jerrycans and water purification tablets.
Five bodies of the people killed by floods in Kasese have been recovered along various parts of River Nyamwamba in Kasese municipality.
The mayor, Godfrey Kabyanga, said two of the bodies were taken to the municipality mortuary.
He identified the deceased as, Paddy Karusu, former head of procurement and disposal of assets in Kasese district, Raphael Kibusu, a Bunyandiku Primary School teacher and another identified only as Gadi, an employee of Kilembe Mines, Patrick Mwanzi and a woman identified only as Kabugho.
The floods hit the district on Wednesday during torrential rains that caused River Nyamwamba to burst its banks and overflow to areas in the Kasese municipality, halting the hospital operations.
The district health inspector, Ericana Bwambale, expressed fear of outbreak of diseases like cholera.
Karusandara, Lake Katwe and Muhokya villages located downstream have also been flooded.
The district leaders held an emergency meeting chaired by the resident district commissioner, Milton Odongo on Wednesday to chat out the way forward.
Kilembe Mines Hospital located a few metres from the river, was on Wednesday closed after all the wards were flooded with mud and water that destroyed most of the infrastructure including the wards, nurses' residences and hospital equipment.
About 200 patients were either sent home or relocated to other health facilities in Kasese and Kabarole districts.
Meanwhile, rains pounded Kampala and its suburbs Friday morning rendering transport business a nightmare for scores of early risers who were headed to work.
The angry skies unleashed their wrath in the wee hours, preceded by lightning streaks and heart-stopping thunder that went on for several hours.