BUZEKI SURVIVES KIWATULE FURY! Residents Nearly Lynch KCCA Boss, Demand Better Roads, Streetlights as Rotting Garbage Sparks Outrage
The KCCA Execute Director Hajat Sharifah Buzeki and her Deputy Benon Kigenyi during a door to door cleanup exercise in Kiwatule
Residents of Kiwatule Central Zone in Kiwatule Parish, Nakawa Division, have called on the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to pave access roads and install streetlights in the area.
The residents made the appeal during KCCA’s weekly Weyonje community clean-up exercise, which is held every Saturday. The Weyonje initiative aims to sensitize residents across Kampala about proper solid waste management, waste sorting at source, and proper disposal methods.
Joseph Kalute Musisi, the councillor, said Kiwatule Parish has several roads that are in a poor state compared to other parishes in Nakawa Division. He urged KCCA to prioritize road construction in the area so that residents can benefit from the taxes they pay.
Kalute also noted that many parts of Kiwatule become impassable and insecure at night due to the lack of street lighting. He explained that dark spots along the roads are often used by criminals, especially groups of young boys who attack people returning home from work at night.
LC1 Chairperson, Haruna Jooga, expressed gratitude to KCCA for organizing the Weyonje exercise in the area. He said the clean-up campaign should not end with the day’s activities and urged residents to continue maintaining proper hygiene around their homes.JJooga also reiterated the need for passable roads, especially those connecting the Central Zone to the main roads, as well as improved street lighting to help curb insecurity in the area.
During the clean-up exercise, KCCA Executive Director Hajat Sharifah Buzeki conducted a door-to-door inspection in homes where solid waste is generated. However, it was observed that many residents had heaps of uncollected garbage in their backyards, which had turned into illegal dumping sites.
Buzeki urged residents to take responsibility for cleaning their homes and the areas in front of their shops. She noted that city cleaners are mandated to clean only tarmac roads, while residents are responsible for cleaning access roads within their frontiers.
Buzeki also encouraged residents to embrace waste sorting for proper disposal, noting that some forms of waste can be recycled and turned into income. She further urged residents to seek free treatment from KCCA health centres and to report any health workers who extort money from patients.
Kampala Lord Mayor Ronald Balimwezo said a new phase aimed at ensuring that every Kampala resident participates in community clean-up exercises wil be launched.
Balimwezo noted that 70 percent of diseases affecting residents are linked to poor hygiene. He added that, in response, KCCA plans to construct more feeder roads in Kiwatule and install street lights on several roads in the area.
He further appealed to residents to work closely with the city authority in efforts to develop Kampala.
The Director of Public Health at KCCA, Dr. Sarah Zalwango, ordered the closure of University Medical Center in Kiwatule due to poor handling of medical waste and being surrounded by an illegal dump site.
She said the center did not possess any practicing license, and no evidence of medical waste collection.
She said that this puts the lives of the patients and the people in the community at stake.
The Weyonje exercise was also attended by Division Mayor Hussein Bukeni, the deputy executive director Benon Kigenyi, and the Nakawa Division Town Clerk.
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