Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kitgum municipal council has adopted the Public-Private Partnership in the management of garbage. Emmanuel Banya, the Kitgum Municipal Town Clerk says that they are seeking services of private garbage collection companies to manage waste disposal within the municipality. He says that the council is …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mukono municipal council has resolved to auction off one of its oldest garbage trucks to raise money for managing garbage within the municipality. The council reached the resolution after failing to raise money to fuel trucks used in collecting waste leaving them grounded for a …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Conservationists have said that the nests and nestlings of marabou storks and cattle egrets at Parliament should not be removed. The marabou stork, one of the biggest and most fascinating birds found in Africa feasts on carcasses and scraps of dead animals. Last month, the …
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Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Garbage has piled up on various streets in Mbale town, a month after it was elevated to a city status. The garbage is littered everywhere especially at Mbale central market, North Road and Kumi road among other places. The garbage has caused a heavy stench …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu City authorities are seeking for 10 acres of land to construct a garbage recycling plant in Laroo, Gulu East Division. The plant is being constructed under the integrated program to improve the living condition in Gulu. It is funded by the German Development Bank …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority – KCCA has embarked on a process to renew contracts of the private garbage collecting companies in Kampala. The six months controversial contract extension of Homkline, Nabugabo Updeal and Kampala Solid Waste Management Consortium is set to expire this month. The six …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka division authorities are struggling with proper waste management due to dwindling local revenue collection. There are three divisions in Masaka municipality including Katwe-Butego, Nyendo-Ssenyange and Kimanya-Kyabakuza. The three divisions are chocking with heaps of uncollected garbage. Information from residents shows that garbage has been …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A land dispute in Lugazi Municipality has affected the disposal of garbage putting residents lives at risk. The municipality has for the last three years been dumping waste at Kakubansiri in Kawolo division until July 2019, when Shakur Sayid Mubarak, a resident at Lugazi …
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Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Mbarara Municipality are protesting a move by the authorities to introduce garbage collection fees. The fees recently introduced by the authorities vary between 500 and 10,000 shillings depending on the quantity of garbage generated from a homestead. The money in question is paid …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several markets in the city are choking on uncollected garbage putting the health of the traders and customers at risk. The markets are characterized by too much garbage that piles up which brings about bad smell in the markets. At Kalerwe market, the sight …
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