Weekend rain watch on the Kabale and Rubanda slopes
HARISA geo-observers are already logging cracks on the hills. A wet Friday-to-Sunday is when those cracks turn into calls to the studio.
Kigezi heads into the weekend with the slope watch on. HARISA phase two has boda geo-observers logging cracks and fresh scars on phones instead of waiting for a team from town. That work matters most when a Friday rain sits on soils that have already moved once this year. Kabale and Rubanda hillsides still carry houses, gardens and feeder roads on steep ground. The tourism corridor toward Bunyonyi and Kisoro is already in poor shape after the stalled upgrade; a heavy weekend only makes the same journey slower for patients, traders and visitors. ## What to do if the hill moves - Keep off a fresh crack at the top of a garden or compound - Tell the LC, then call the studio if a road or school is cut - Do not wait for a Kampala bulletin to confirm what you can already see This is not a prediction of a named landslide. It is the same advice the maps were built for. _Joy FM Newsroom, Kabale, 14 August 2026._