Swedish city supports Entebbe in garbage collection

Apr 03, 2012

Entebbe municipality generates about 60 tonnes of garbage daily but cannot afford to collect it all, Entebbe Mayor Vincent De Paul Kayanja says.

By Gladys Kalibbala

Entebbe municipality generates about 60 tonnes of garbage daily but cannot afford to collect it all, Entebbe Mayor Vincent De Paul Kayanja says.

Kayanja explains that due to challenges of fuel needed to transport the garbage and the few vehicles available to accomplish the task, only 40 tonnes can be collected—20 tonnes short of what is actually generated.

This, the mayor says leaves the town a bit untidy as the journey to Nkumba village about six miles away requires a lot of fuel.

Kayanja a week ago received a ten-man team from the Swedish city of Kalmar, which consolidated a partnership with Entebbe municipality geared towards improving garbage collection in the area.

Kalmar city went into a twinning programme with Entebbe municipality in 2003 during the tenure of the former mayor Stephen Kabuye and since the recent elections brought in new faces they had not yet met until last week.

Kayanja explained to the visitors who were led by the Deputy Mayor of Kalmar City, Anette Lingmerth that a change in the leadership of the local municipality [Entebbe} will not mean discarding good partnerships like the one afore-mentioned.

”We need to develop Entebbe so there is no need to bring in cheap politics where a noble offer is on our plates,” he said.

On behalf of their city, the visiting team from Kalmar donated a garbage truck and a fire brigade vehicle they gave to Entebbe some years back.

 “Indeed it is your modern garbage vehicle which we still use to collect garbage plus a few old lorries we own,” he told the guests.

 The Kalmar Group which visited Nakiwogo garbage collecting centre and Nkumba dumping site advised municipal officials to devise means of turning garbage into fertilizers.

Kayanja was optimistic that their meetings with the Kalmar group would enable them build a garbage fill in Nkumba where garbage can be sorted.

“Our immediate plan is to sensitize the residents in sorting out garbage for easy disposal,” Kayanja said.

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