Kiryandongo District Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability Profi le 2016 Acknowledgement On behalf of Office of the Prime Minister, I wish to express my sincere appreciation to all of the key stakeholders who provided their valuable inputs and support to this Multi-Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability mapping exercise that led to the production of comprehensive district Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability (HRV) profiles. I extend my sincere thanks to the Department of Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Management, under the leadership of the Commissioner, Mr. Martin Owor, for the oversight and management of the entire exercise. The HRV assessment team was led by Ms. Ahimbisibwe Catherine, Senior Disaster Preparedness Officer supported by Ogwang Jimmy, Disaster Preparedness Officer and the team of consultants (GIS/DRR specialists); Dr. Bernard Barasa, and Mr. Nsiimire Peter, who provided technical support. Our gratitude goes to UNDP for providing funds to support the Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability Mapping. The team comprised of Mr. Steven Goldfinch – Disaster Risk Management Advisor, Mr. Gilbert Anguyo - Disaster Risk Reduction Analyst, and Mr. Ongom Alfred- Early Warning system Database programmer. My appreciation also goes to Kiryandongo District Team. The entire body of stakeholders who in one way or another yielded valuable ideas and time to support the completion of this exercise. Hon. Hilary O. Onek Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees KIRYANDONGO DISTRICT HAZARD, RISK AND VULNERABILITY PROFILE i TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .................................................................................................................i TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................................................ii LIST OF FIGURES ....................................................................................................................... iii LIST OF TABLES.......................................................................................................................... iii LIST OF ACRONYMS ..................................................................................................................iv DEFINITION OF KEY CONCEPTS ...............................................................................................v EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..............................................................................................................vi 1.0 INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................................1 1.1 Background ..........................................................................................................................1 1.2 Objectives ............................................................................................................................1 1.2.1 Main Objective...............................................................................................................1 1.2.2 Specific objectives .........................................................................................................1 1.3 Scope of work and deliverables ......................................................................................1 1.4 Justification ..........................................................................................................................2 2.0 OVERVIEW OF KIRYANDONGO DISTRICT ..........................................................................4 2.1 Geology................................................................................................................................4 2.2 Vegetation and Landuse stratification ..................................................................................6 2.3 Climatic Conditions ..............................................................................................................7 2.4 Population and Demographic Characteristics .....................................................................7 2.5 Economic activity .................................................................................................................8 3.0 METHODOLOGY ....................................................................................................................9 3.1 Preliminary spatial analysis..................................................................................................9 3.2 Stakeholder engagements and developing survey instruments ..........................................9 3.3 Participatory mapping ..........................................................................................................9 3.4 Fieldwork and ground truthing verification: ....................................................................... 10 3.5 GIS modelling analysis ..................................................................................................... 10 3.6 Regional Stakeholder Workshop for Data verification and validation ............................... 12 4.0 RESULTS FROM MULTI-HAZARD RISK, VULNERABILITY MAPPING ........................... 13 4.1 Road accidents ................................................................................................................. 13 4.2 Drought ............................................................................................................................. 14 4.3 Crop pests and diseases .................................................................................................. 15 4.4 Livestock pests and diseases ........................................................................................... 16 4.5 Human disease outbreaks ................................................................................................ 17 4.6 Vermin and wildlife animal attacks .................................................................................... 18 4.7 Environmental degradation ............................................................................................... 19 4.8 Land conflicts .................................................................................................................... 20 4.9 Strong winds, hailstorms and lightning ............................................................................. 21 4.10 Floods ............................................................................................................................. 23 4.11 Soil erosion ..................................................................................................................... 24 II KIRYANDONGO DISTRICT HAZARD, RISK AND VULNERABILITY PROFILE 5.0 DISTRICT VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS ............................................................................ 25 5.1 Exposure Analysis............................................................................................................. 26 5.2 Sensitivity Analysis............................................................................................................ 27 5.3 Lack of Adaptive Capacity................................................................................................ 28 5.4 Vulnerability Assessment .................................................................................................. 29 6.0 COPING STRATEGIES ........................................................................................................ 30 7.0 GENERAL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................. 31 7.1 Conclusions ...................................................................................................................... 31 7.2 Recommendations ............................................................................................................ 31 ANNEX I : Hazard risk assessment in sub-counties within the district....................................... 33 ANNEX II : Field Data collection questionnaire .......................................................................... 34 List of Figures Figure 1: Location of the study area .......................................................................................... 3 Figure 2: Geology and Lithology of Kiryandongo district ........................................................... 5 Figure 3: Land use of Kiryandongo district ................................................................................ 6 Figure 4: Population Density of Kiryandongo district ................................................................. 8 Figure 5: Data conversion work flow ......................................................................................... 12 Figure 6: Road accidents of Kiryandongo district ...................................................................... 13 Figure 7: Drought risk map of Kiryandongo district ................................................................... 14 Figure 8: Crop pests and diseases risk map of Kiryandongo district ........................................ 15 Figure 9: Livestock pests and diseases risk map of Kiryandongo district ................................. 16 Figure 10: Human diseases risk map of Kiryandongo district ................................................... 17 Figure 11: Vermins and wildlife attacks risk map of Kiryandongo district .................................. 18 Figure 12: Environmental degradation risk map in Kiryandongo district ................................... 19 Figure 13: Land conflicts risk mapn Kiryandongo district ........................................................