The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has extended contracts of the 3 solid waste concessionaires for 12 months effective June 2019 to June 2020. The initial contracts lasted four years ending June 2019.
The companies are; Nabugabo Updeal Join Venture, Homeklin Uganda Limited and Kampala Solid Waste Management Consortium. They manage Kampala city which is subdivided into 7 Solid Waste Management service zones.
According to the Kampala City Council Solid Waste Management Ordinance of 2000, KCCA and its agents is mandated to ensure that solid waste in Kampala is collected and conveyed to treatment installations to satisfy both public health and environmental conservation requirements.
The Ordinance also mandates KCCA to contract services of private parties (as delegated agents) to invest and undertake business operations along the waste management chain.
The primary sources of municipal solid waste (MSW) generation are private households, transient population, market places, commerce, industry, public administration, kindergartens & schools and hospitals among others.
Members of the public have now been urged to take responsibility for the garbage they generate and pay for its collection, to segregate their waste at source and mobilize communities to responsibly manage their waste and allow concessionaires to execute their contracts.
KCCA also issued a warning that anybody found littering the city or disrupting collection of solid waste by KCCA or its agents will be culpable.
