CRI听力:Uganda Prepares for the Worst Floods

The weather department predicts the El Nino weather system will last until February 2016.

Uganda's Disaster minister Musa Ecweru warns the rains will cause destruction along its path...

"This is considered to be one of the strongest since 1995, it’s going to be worse than that and it means the consequences are going to be more grave."

The hilly western and eastern parts of the country have already started experiencing mudslides.

Gardens have been washed away and homes destroyed leaving many people homeless.

In Kampala drainages are clogged leaving many parts of the capital flooded.

Mariam Nalubowa lives in one of the affected slums in Kampala.

"When it rains during the night or day time, the first thing I do is wake up and put my children up on a double-decker bed because it floods."

The government has earmarked 10 million US dollars but says it could launch an appeal if disaster strikes.

Uganda's disaster minister Musa Ecweru warns the money available may not be enough.

"Partners are willing to support the government of Uganda because they know the so many challenges that we are going through. They know we are doing so many things at the same time and all those things are competing for our limited resource envelop."

People living in high risk areas like slopes of hills or swampy places have been advised to relocate to safe places.

The ministry of health is also preparing to d dispatch drugs to health facilities across the country incase sanitation breaks down.

The UN warns the rainstorms could impact on a bigger part of the African continent.

Isabel Nakirya CRI, in Kampala.