On 28 November 2024, heavy rainfall caused a series of landslides to strike six villages in the Bulambuli District, located in mountainous regions of eastern Uganda.
In the days leading up to the disaster, Uganda suffered from heavy rainfall that led to a tributary of the Nile located in the northwest of the country to overflow its river banks.
[1] Bulambuli district commissioner Faheera Mpalanyi announced that the landslides had killed roughly 30 people at the time of reporting, with at least one infant among the dead.
[3] Video footage of the aftermath in Kimono showed villagers attempting to dig potential survivors and victims out of the rubble.
[2][4] Irene Muloni, a Bulambuli District MP, stated that the Ugandan government would initiate relocations of residents located in landslide-susceptible regions for as long as heavy rainfall continued.