KCCA secures litter bins, gets tough on littering

By Juliet Waiswa        
        
Kampala residents will have no excuse for littering the City; this comes after the authority has installed 650 plastic bins in the central business district.

Kampala Capital City Authority Executive director, Jennifer Musisi while commissioning the litter bins urged residents, to guard the property for the good and cleanliness of the city.

“We have received the garbage bins as we have been promising and we don’t expect to arrest anybody for littering. Today we have started with Jinja Road and we are moving around the city to ensure that all streets have plastic bins, please protect them,” Musisi said during the launch at the Kampala Constitutional Square.

PHOTO by Mark Owor

She said the bins have cost KCCA over sh185m. KCCA received sh1.8b in the 2011/12 fiscal year for garbage banks and litter bins.        

The city has also procured another 100 metallic bins from Technology for Tomorrow worth sh35m to serve an alternative for the plastics bins. This move comes after the authority is up against littering, dumping and dirtying the city.
KCCA recently warned the public against littering and dumping in the city.

Over 60 people have in the last one month been arrested in the city in enforcing laws on dumping and littering.
 All the people arrested are charged under the Kampala City Council (Solid Waste Management Ordinance) 2000. The Ordinance emphasizes that it is the responsibility of the garbage generator to deposit it well.

“KCCA appeals to people in Kampala to take responsibility and care about their environment. If found in violation of the ordinance, KCCA will be left with no option but to prosecute the offender,” Musisi said.     
     
She emphasized that there are laws in place prohibiting littering in the city and KCCA has started enforcing them.
The launch was attended by Central Urban division Mayor Godfrey Nyakana, who told residents that they should police each other on littering.

“We want your people who operate business around here to monitor each other, please protect the garbage bins,” Nyakana said