KCCA asks Uganda Railways to monitor closed landfill

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Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) decommissioned the illegal dumpsite at Bukasa Parish, Kasanvu Zone in Makindye Division.

The authorities on Friday reported that the site in Makindye, Kampala city suburbs, which has been in existence for over 20 years, had become a health threat to the community.

The executive director KCCA, Hajati Sharifah Buzeki, during the weekly Weyonje campaign in Makindye division, said Uganda Railways Corporation (URC), the owners of the land where the dumpsite is located, should immediately take charge after decommissioned.

Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) mini-tractor loads rubbish from the heap in the background on a garbage truck during Executive Director of KCCA, Sharifah Buzeki’s cleanup exercise at Namuwongo in Makindye division, Kampala on June 6, 2026. (Photo by Ronnie Kijjambu)

Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) tractors remove the garbage during Executive Director of KCCA, Sharifah Buzeki’s cleanup exercise at Namuwongo in Makindye Division, Kampala, on 6 June 6, 2026. (Photo by Ronnie Kijjambu)

URC's Richard Nkuna, the principal safety, health and environment officer who attended the event, said the railway line in the area will be repaired to deter encroachment.

“URC is rehabilitating the railway line, and we shall maintain the corridor sustainability by sensitising, deploying and arresting any resident found dumping,” Nkuna said.

The decommissioning was done in partnership with C-Care Uganda and other stakeholders like the Uganda Police, URC United Waste Clean, BINS, among others.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of C-Care, Azhar Sundhoo, said they came in partnership with KCCA two years ago.

The residents, led by their LC 1 chairman, Kasanva zone Christopher Bizimana, said that they need the dump site to be removed.