Boda bodas wade through a flooded road in Kampala last evening. In the eastern district of Bududa, at least 18 people have been confirmed dead and hundreds missing following a landslide that was triggered off by heavy rainfall in the area. PHOTO BY ABUBAKER LUBOWA.

KAMPALA.
Several businesses in Kampala yesterday were brought to a standstill after access to several roads and buildings were cutoff after the afternoon downpour. The rains that started at around 2pm stretched until 4pm, making it hard for several people to report to their work places.
Jinja Road was one of the most affected places yesterday with most of the Jinja Road roundabout covered by floods. Seventh Street, Industrial Area also received heavy floods. Most motorists were forced to abandon their cars after they were soaked by the floods.


At Grand Imperial Hotel, the commission set up to investigate alleged mismanagement of free education scheme funds was forced into a break after the hotel started leaking. The same situation occurred at Hotel Africana where people holding a workshop in one of the conference halls took refuge in other halls due to leaking roofs.
Weather experts earlier this month warned a swing in the climatic patterns of the Central and Western regions, indicating that they will receive heavy rains instead of the usual dry conditions around this time. They attributed the condition to the unusual inflow of moist air from the Atlantic Ocean and Congo air mass.
Police deputy spokesperson Judith Nabakooba confirmed that there were no people injured or killed.
This is not the first time the incident has occurred, early this year several people around the country were killed after a morning downpour.akiyaga@ug.nationmedia.com