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The authorities in Lusanja Village, the epicentre of the Kiteezi landfill disaster in Wakiso District, yesterday started registering homeowners in readiness for relocation to temporary shelters.

Mr Hassan Kayemba, the Lusanja Village secretary in-charge of health and sanitation, said the houses earmarked as at risk lie within the 200-metre radius from the huge Kiteezi garbage dump that collapsed last Saturday.

“So far we have registered 26 houses, but the exercise is ongoing,” Mr Kayemba said.

He said the village had nearly 10,000 residents but estimated the affected houses to be 100. Daily Monitor yesterday counted up to 112 houses that had been yellow-taped by the police and marked as “at risk”.

The police confirmed 24 bodies had been retrieved so far, with more than 14 victims rescued and several more feared buried under the sludge. Several livestock were also killed, and properties worth millions were lost following the collapse of the landfill.

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