Floodwaters swallowed a chunk of Jinja Highway near Kyambogo and basically shut down a major route out of Kampala on a Thursday.
Jinja Highway flooding chaos
Jinja Highway flooding chaos
- Heavy rainfall cut off the road near Kyambogo.
- Michael Kananura told drivers to find alternate routes.
- Some vehicles stalled out in fast-moving muddy water.
- Banda, Ntinda, and the Northern Bypass got jammed.
- Low-lying corridors like Jinja Highway get wrecked repeatedly.
- Wetland encroachment and shoddy drainage worsen the problem.
- Stormwater regularly overwhelms the existing drainage system.
- Rapid construction keeps making the whole situation worse.
