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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 88373, member: 27"] 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 [LIST] [*]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. [/LIST] Why Kampala keeps flooding like this [LIST] [*]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. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]