Climate change brings a river’s wrath down on western Uganda

The first of a two-part series on climate-related disasters in western Uganda. KASESE, Uganda — In March 2020, right as the rainclouds began to gather, Rehema Aryema Namale bought a house here in western Uganda. It cost her 50 million shillings, around $12,000, and her plan was to retire in it. She was looking forward…