KCCA announces waste collection charges for Kampala residents ahead of National Cleaning Day

The Observer reports that KCCA executive director Sharifah Buzeki announced that Kampala residents and businesses will pay between Shs1,000 and Shs40,000 for waste collected around the National Cleaning Day scheduled for August 29, citing the Polluter Pays Principle. She said nine private companies had been contracted, waste would be collected under a 'bring-to-truck' model with sorting required, and informal transport such as handcarts and tuk-tuks remained banned.