By Sadique Bamwita
KASUBI- The Executive Director Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Hajat Sharifah Buzeki, has revealed that the authority is in advanced stages of expanding Kasubi Market after getting consent from Buganda Kingdom to redevelop the land housing the said market.
She urged market vendors who operate within the market to observe proper sanitation, advising them to separate degradable wastes from non-degradable wastes.
While addressing locals in Mugema and Kasubi 111 zone, Kasubi parish, Lubaga Division, Hajat Buzeki told market vendors that she will not tolerate street vending along the roadside, urging them to operate within the designated market as they await expansion of their market.
Hajat Sharifah Buzeki told residents that the Authority has got money to construct for them a public toilet but it has no land in Kasubi zone where it can erect it, and therefore appealed to locals to avail land for the public toilet facility.
Hajat Buzeki strongly warned Landlords who have rentals without toilet facilities saying they risk arrest and closure of their rentals.
On this note, she tasked all LC1 Chairpersons to take action against landlords who operate rentals without toilet facilities.
Hajat Buzeki further noted that in order to scale-up the Weyonje sanitation campaign in Kampala City, the Authority has set up parish sensitization committees headed by ward chiefs and Division Town clerks.
The Parish committee comprises of members of; LC1, LC2, office of the Town Clerk and solid waste management committee members.
She further tasked the parish sensitization committees in their respective parishes to spearhead the weekly Weyonje clean-up exercise, so as to achieve the Authority’s agenda of having a clean, smarter and livable City.
The Town Clerk Lubaga Division, John Bosco Bashinyora, expressed grave concern on locals who turned have drainage channels into dumpsites saying this leads to blockage of drainage channels hence escalating disease outbreak like cholera and malaria. To avert this vice, the Town Clerk has tasked LCs to pass by-laws, so as to punish whoever is found culpable to dumping garbage in the drainage channel.
The LC2 Chairperson for Kasubi parish, Ronald Sebunya appreciated Hajat Buzeki for being passionate about his people through her development efforts to expand Kasubi Market on top of scaling up Sanitation campaigns.
Ritah Nakubulwa, one of the residents of Kasubi parish, asked Hajat Buzeki to provide piped water at Kawala Health center on top of addressing the issue of drug stock out , something Hajat Buzeki promised to fix with immediate effect.
The Director Public Health and Environment at KCCA, Dr. Sarah Zalwango has warned landlords who have made it a habit to release sewerage into people’s residences saying they risk legal action for violating the public Health Act.
Dr.Zalwango said weekly clean-up exercise continues, challenging all locals within Kampala to embrace the campaign for the betterment of their health.
