By Sadique Bamwita
The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Executive Director, Hajat Sharifah Buzeki has launched the 2025 Weyonje Sanitation Challenge in Kampala Central Division with emphasis for a cleaner and smarter city.
The launch under the theme:”For a better together we are building a smart City” was officially launched in areas of Kisenyi III Central ward.
The sanitation challenge involved different stakeholders and among them include; Fundoo, Seven Hills cleaning Company, Love Uganda, Homeklin, Makerere University Medical Students Association and NRM National Mobile Taskforce/PLU.
These stakeholders participated in the clean up exercise which involved collecting garbage on verandas, along the road side and cleaning drainage systems within Kampala Central Division.
Hajat Sharifah Buzeki explained that Kampala Central Division is the fourth division where she has launched the Weyonje Sanitation Challenge 2025, with Rubaga Division being is the only one remaining and pledged to launch there the exercise next week on Saturday December 6,2025.
Hajat Sharifah Buzeki believes that if the Weyonje Sanitation Challenge is well implemented in the five Divisions that make Kampala City, it will go a long way in addressing Sanitation issues within the city.
She said to achieve this , Kampala Capital City Authority ( KCCA) has provided bins for inorganic and organic waste .
” Sanitation is paramount in the country.This year’s challenge will run up to December 20,2025. The winning division will be awarded a trophy, ” Hajat Buzeki assured management of the five competing Divisions.
She went on:
‘Everyone should embrace the weyonje Sanitation Challenge. Make sure you sort out your waste by dumping both inorganic and organic in different bins. Let’s avoid dumping polythene bags in the drainage systems and if we comply, this will help to reduce on taxpayers money spent on fixing or cleaning drainage systems, ” Hajat Buzeki appealed to city dwellers.’
On the issue of roads within Kampala, Hajat Sharifah Buzeki revealed that so far 770 kilometers have been tarmacked and more kilometers will be tarmacked very soon.
She ,however says to achieve this milestone the authority has signed agreements with Dot services construction company to do the job.
Hajat Sharifah Buzeki said in order to improve on education in UPE schools, the authority successfully convinced government to increase money provided for each pupil from Shs.8000 to 20,000.
Regarding public toilets , Hajat Sharifah Buzeki disclosed that the authority has been able to construct 36 public toilets in the city adding that they are free of charge .
The Director Public health and Environment at Kampala Capital City Authority ( KCCA), Dr.Sarah Zalwango, reiterated the need to keep Kampala City clean for a smarter and cleaner city.
Dr.Zalwango explained the criteria that will be used to chose this year’s most clean division.
” We shall visit all the five Divisions in Kampala and sample home to home and road to road to find out the most clean one. We shall sample toilets in each homestead to find out the number of homes with clean toilets. We shall also sample restaurants to check on their cleanliness. We are going to appoint independent judges who will carry out the adjudication exercise’ she said.
The Town Clerk Kampala Central Division, Douglas Nsubuga lauded Hajat Sharifah Buzeki for her support and good leadership.
“We appreciate you for the timely disbursement of salaries for workers of Seven Hills cleaning Company.
Meanwhile, all stakeholders who took part in Weyonje Sanitation Challenge, thanked management of KCCA headed by Hajat Sharifah Buzeki for giving them a platform to clean the city.
