Mbarara leaders enforce pit-latrine construction
MBARARA district leaders have vowed to punish residents who do not have sanitation amenities in their homes.
By Abdulkarim Ssengendo
MBARARA district leaders have vowed to punish residents who do not have sanitation amenities in their homes.
The call was made during the launch of the sanitation week in the district at Nyamiyanga Primary School in Nyakayojo sub-county on Wednesday.
The resident district commissioner, Clement Kandole, said he would help sub-counties punish people who do not want to construct latrines in their homes.
Kandole’s warning followed a statement by Nyakayojo LC3 chairman Jomo Mugabe, who said he would arrest residents in his sub-county who do not have toilets in their homes.
“Today we are launching the sanitation week. We must work to promote cleanliness in our homes and this time I have no mercy for people who don’t want to promote personal hygiene,†Mugabe said.
Mbarara district health inspector Umar Masereka said hygiene in Nyakayojo sub-county was poor and called for enforcement of monitoring homes.
Masereka said he encouraged the construction of pit-latrines so that people would not die of preventable diseases like diarrhoea.
Masereka said the move aimed at improving the district’s hygiene level to 80%, up from 26% and to promote latrine coverage to 100%, up from 92% last year.
Mugabe said Nyakayojo sub-county authorities would help to construct latrines for widows in all the 61 cells in the area.
Kandole encouraged leaders to sensitise residents on the effects of poor hygiene and asked them to organise sanitation contests.
MBARARA district leaders have vowed to punish residents who do not have sanitation amenities in their homes.
The call was made during the launch of the sanitation week in the district at Nyamiyanga Primary School in Nyakayojo sub-county on Wednesday.
The resident district commissioner, Clement Kandole, said he would help sub-counties punish people who do not want to construct latrines in their homes.
Kandole’s warning followed a statement by Nyakayojo LC3 chairman Jomo Mugabe, who said he would arrest residents in his sub-county who do not have toilets in their homes.
“Today we are launching the sanitation week. We must work to promote cleanliness in our homes and this time I have no mercy for people who don’t want to promote personal hygiene,†Mugabe said.
Mbarara district health inspector Umar Masereka said hygiene in Nyakayojo sub-county was poor and called for enforcement of monitoring homes.
Masereka said he encouraged the construction of pit-latrines so that people would not die of preventable diseases like diarrhoea.
Masereka said the move aimed at improving the district’s hygiene level to 80%, up from 26% and to promote latrine coverage to 100%, up from 92% last year.
Mugabe said Nyakayojo sub-county authorities would help to construct latrines for widows in all the 61 cells in the area.
Kandole encouraged leaders to sensitise residents on the effects of poor hygiene and asked them to organise sanitation contests.