By George Bukenya
Kampala, Uganda – As the National Cleaning Day enters its third month, residents in Kampala have started resenting the exercise deliberately staying indoors. In Wabigalo central village, Namuwongo Parish in Makindye Division Police even arrested those who were founding doing their other businesses instead of cleaning.
The resentment was evidenced in other various zones for instance in Muzaana and Buwanika zones in Kisenyi II Parish, Kampala Central Division also residents in such areas kept indoors.
The Makindye Division Mayor Yasin Omar argued that there’s a need to sensiticize the masses why they should embrace the cleaning exercise as it helps to reduce the disease burden that arise from the life style.
Mayor Omar made the remarks while leading the National Cleaning Day exercise in Wabigalo Zone Namuwongo Parish on 26 September, 2026.
Councillor Moreen Kyomugisha representing Namuwongo parish said that garbage management is still a huge challenge in the division because the trucks used to collect and transport it to the dumping area are very few besides that people don’t want to pay the private companies that were given contracts by KCCA to manage it.
While Councillor Namukhna Harriet representing Wabigalo Parish says her area have very many residents who generate a lot of garbage but the collecting trucks are very few compared to extent of waste.
Since the inception of the National Cleaning Day some residents now keep their garbage wait for KCCA free trucks during the monthly mandatory exercise.
