Wakiso school gets latrines, survives closure
Apr 18, 2018
The school had for years been grappling with an eight-stance pit latrine that was being shared among boys and girls, according to the headteacher, Binsaidi Genza.
Pupils of Abdullahi Bun Abaas Training and Education Centre (ABATEC) in Seguku, Wakiso district, have a reason to smile after getting a new 12-stance latrine.
The school had for years been grappling with an eight-stance pit latrine that was being shared among boys and girls, according to the headteacher, Binsaidi Genza.
Genza said they had been living in fear of being closed ever since the district authorities waged war on schools which did not meet the minimum standards.
However, thanks to Clean Habitat Uganda, which on Friday launched the Sanitation for Africa programme in which it will construct a number of pit latrines for a number of schools.
Clean Habitat executive director Dr Hafswa Nantongo, said poor sanitation facilities are costing Ugandans millions of shillings in treating diseases such as candida, diarrhea and typhoid, among others.
"Sanitation is everybody's responsibility. It is therefore important that political, religious leaders sensitise the communities to have toilets to avoid these diseases, ‘' Nantongo advised.
She explained that the project had so far been rolled out in Butambala and Wakiso districts, reaching 2,323 homes and a number of schools and hospitals.