Katumba Badru

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Location: Kampala

Nationality: Uganda

Biography: My name is Katumba Badru Sultan. I am a multi award winning freelance photojournalist and a highly creative and detail-driven documentary photographer, with key experience shooting in changing environments and sensitive situations but a lover of... MORE

Local volunteers gather, search...y residents homeless.

Local volunteers gather, searching to retrieve bodies of people believed to be trapped in river Nabuyonga at Namakwekwe, eastern Uganda, on August 02, 2022. Over 22 people were killed in flash floods in the eastern Ugandan city of Mbale including a group of partygoers who became trapped in a minibus. Two rivers burst their banks at the weekend after the city was battered by heavy rainfall, leading to mudslides that inflicted widespread damage and left many residents homeless.

Volunteers search bodies of vic...d left many residents homeless.

Volunteers search bodies of victims in the River Nabuyonga at Namakwekwe, eastern Uganda, on August 2, 2022. - Over 22 people were killed in flash floods in the eastern Ugandan city of Mbale including a group of partygoers who became trapped in a minibus. Two rivers burst their banks at the weekend after the city was battered by heavy rainfall, leading to mudslides that inflicted widespread damage and left many residents homeless.

Villagers try to pull up the mi...tern Uganda, on August 1, 2022.

Villagers try to pull up the minibus in which 14 bodies were retrieved from inside in the river Nabuyonga in Namakwekwe, eastern Uganda, on August 1, 2022.

Villagers stepping in mud try t...tern Uganda, on August 1, 2022.

Villagers stepping in mud try to retrieve the bodies of 14 people from a minibus in the river Nabuyonga at Namakwekwe, eastern Uganda, on August 1, 2022.

Villagers try to retreive the b...a, on August 1, 2022.

Villagers try to retreive the bodies of 14 people from a minibus in the river Nabuyonga at Namakwekwe, eastern Uganda, on August 1, 2022.

A man swims to retrieve the bod...ern Uganda, on August 1, 2022.

A man swims to retrieve the bodies of 14 people from a minibus in the river Nabuyonga at Namakwekwe, eastern Uganda, on August 1, 2022.

Villagers try to retrieve the b...a, on August 1, 2022.

Villagers try to retrieve the bodies of 14 people from a minibus in the river Nabuyonga at Namakwekwe, eastern Uganda, on August 1, 2022.

Villagers pulling a vehicle whi...a, on August 1, 2022.

Villagers pulling a vehicle while trying to retrieve the bodies of 14 people from a minibus in the river Nabuyonga at Namakwekwe, eastern Uganda, on August 1, 2022.

Villagers try to retrieve the bodies of 14 people from a minibus in the river Nabuyonga at Namakwekwe, eastern Uganda, on August 1, 2022.

Villagers try to retrieve the b...nd left many residents homeless

Villagers try to retrieve the bodies of 14 people from a minibus in the river Nabuyonga at Namakwekwe, eastern Uganda, on August 1, 2022. - The number of people killed in flash floods in the eastern Ugandan city of Mbale jumped to 22, including a group of partygoers who became trapped in a minibus, police said on Monday. Two rivers burst their banks at the weekend after the city was battered by heavy rainfall, leading to mudslides that inflicted widespread damage and left many residents homeless

Family and friends attend the b...d left many residents homeless.

Family and friends attend the burial of sisters Swabra Nafura, 12, and Lukia Nakhura, 16, who died in the river Nabuyonga in Namakwekwe, on August 1, 2022. - The number of people killed in flash floods in the eastern Ugandan city of Mbale jumped to 22, including a group of partygoers who became trapped in a minibus, police said on August 1, 2022. Two rivers burst their banks at the weekend after the city was battered by heavy rainfall, leading to mudslides that inflicted widespread damage and left many residents homeless.

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Act of goodness

Updated Aug 2022

Summary

A group of village men volunteered to help retrieve bodies of 23 people from flash river. 23 people were killed in flash floods in the eastern Ugandan city of Mbale including a group of partygoers who became trapped in a minibus. Two rivers burst their banks at the weekend after the city was battered by heavy rainfall, leading to mudslides that inflicted widespread damage and left many residents homeless.

They were brave and heros