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Moroto receives waste management equipment worth UGX 10M

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Moroto municipality has received waste management equipment worth Shillings 10 million thanks to Welthunger, an implementing partner on a Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene- WASH project. The equipment consisting of ten wheelbarrows, gumboots, rakes, hand gloves, and spades among others were delivered to the municipal council …

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Mukono municipality residents protest high costs of garbage collection

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Buguju Village in Mukono Municipality are protesting the costs of garbage collection. In January, the municipality contracted De Waste to manage garbage in Goma division and Bins Kampala Limited in the Central Division as well as Namakya Enterprises Limited to manage the landfill at …

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Hoima city council feuds with locals over garbage management

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hoima city authorities are on the spot for allegedly dumping garbage on private land. Residents of Kibaati cell in Hoima City East division which hosts the 2.5bililion Shillings nonfunctional waste recycling plant, accuse the city authorities of dumping garbage on their plots. Built in 2012 …

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Mbale city, Orient cleaners clash over garbage collection

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale city authorities are locked up in a fierce fight with Orient City Cleaners limited over the collection of garbage from Mbale central market. Perez Wambedde, the Chairperson of Mbale Central Market says the fight stems from their decision to contract Orient City Cleaners limited …

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Soroti city approves rates for solid waste management

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Soroti City Council has finalized plans to hire a private firm to manage garbage collection in the new market. The plan to hire a private firm was mooted last year following futile attempts to keep the market and the city clean. The city has heaps of …

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Mukono residents query companies contracted for waste management

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Mukono municipality are querying the capacity of three companies contracted to manage waste in Mukono Central and Goma divisions. On Tuesday last week, the municipality confirmed the contracts of De Waste and Bin IT Ug limited to collect waste and Namakya Enterprises limited …

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Fort Portal city enacts waste management ordinance

Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fort Portal City Council has passed a waste management ordinance to regulate garbage collection. The ordinance comes at a time when there is public outcry over increased garbage in the city. According to the ordinance, all garbage will be privatized to contractors who shall …

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Mbale turns to private garbage collectors to clean up city

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale City Council authorities are optimistic that the problem of garbage within the city which has been a challenge due to the institution’s financial and manpower constraints will be  permanently solved through engaging private garbage collectors. According to leaders, they have started the process of …

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Uncontrolled dumping threatens public health in Gulu

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Poor garbage disposal continues to pose a public health threat to residents in Gulu city, as households use the cover of darkness to drag sacks of filth on the streets and into drainage channels. Many of the roadside trash bins that were constructed through the …

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Garbage management still a challenge for new cities

    Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The management of garbage remains a challenge in the newly created cities. The uncollected garbage or litter is common on the streets, in the corridors of buildings, and clogs drainages whenever it rains hence causing unprecedented floods. Despite the expansion of their boundaries, the …

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