“There is an increased chance for flash and riverine flooding during the March to May 2019 long rainfall season, mainly in the flood prone areas of the EAC Partner States, which might trigger landslides, mudslides and enhance the risk for outbreaks of infectious diseases with consequences for sectors such as health and agriculture including livestock,” - Mr. James Kivuva, the Senior Meteorologist -  East African Community Secretariat

Comment:

Highlights the need for the EAC to put in place mechanisms to integrate the climate change actions (as much as possible nature-based solutions) in all planned region-wide micro – to mega investments, projects and programmes to build more resilient communities and ecosystems, rather than the climate policy being implemented on its own. In other words, all interventions must be assessed against a climate sensitivity criteria

(Photo above: Signpost of Kikandwa Environment Association's 'Half + Half' community forest conservation, a form of Analog forestry in Mityana district (Uganda)