KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Researchers have urged the government to invest in ensuring that communities sort municipal waste before transferring it to dumpsites to avert future calamities associated with poor waste disposal. Dr. Moses Mwesigwa a Senior Scientist at the National Livestock Resources Research Institute (NaLiRRI) who heads the …
Read More »PostBank joins Uganda Red Cross to support Kiteezi community
Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | PostBank Uganda, whose purpose is to foster prosperity for Ugandans, has teamed up with Uganda Red Cross Society to extend humanitarian support to Kiteezi community It is part of the response efforts towards supporting families that were affected by the collapse of the Kiteezi …
Read More »KITEEZI TRAGEDY: 34!
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four more bodies were recovered from the garbage mound at the Kiteezi dumpsite Thursday, bringing the total number of confirmed dead to 34. Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Patrick Onyango said the bodies were retrieved under the garbage that collapsed last Saturday. “Today, the …
Read More »KITEEZI TRAGEDY: 120 taking temporary shelter, death toll rises to 30
KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | An investigation by the Uganda Police Force, KCCA, and the Office of the Prime Minister has says that thirty-three households were affected by the collapse of the Kiteezi landfill. According to the findings, only 120 people were registered in the temporary shelter at Kiteezi Church …
Read More »KITEEZI TRAGEDY: Methane explosion might have started garbage landslide
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An explosion of dangerous methane gas could have triggered the Kiteezi landfill disaster. Some of the survivors of the incident reportedly heard some explosions from the direction of the buried houses before the collapse of the landfills. On Tuesday, Kyadondo East MP, Haroon Muwada Nkunyingi …
Read More »KITEEZI: KCCA exposed for lacking basic safety plans
COMMENT | Samson Tinka | By Monday morning of 12th Aug 2024, 22 people were confirmed to have died after the Kitezi garbage disaster. Information from the Kiteezi community shows that there is a good number still unaccounted for persons. Yet, as way back as 10 years ago, there were pointers …
Read More »KITEEZI TRAGEDY: KCCA to find new place after Katabi, Dundu reject garbage
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As of this Tuesday afternoon, Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) is yet to find a new place where to dispose city garbage after Dundu and Katabi rejected the temporary request following the Kiteezi landfill collapse which killed people on Saturday morning. KCCA owns some land …
Read More »MPs: Executive, parliament played deaf ear on decommissioning Kiteezi landfill
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kyadondo East Member of Parliament, Nkunyingi Muwada broke into tears during the debate over the Kitezi landfill disasters. Muwada, whose constituency covers areas of Lusanja and Kitezi could not hold back tears as the matter was being debated on the floor of Parliament. The …
Read More »KITEEZI TRAGEDY: Over 1,000 people affected, death toll rises to 24
KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Ugandan authorities said on Tuesday that more than 1,000 people have been affected by the landslide of the Kiteezi landfill in Kampala’s Kawempe Division, and the death toll has reached 24. Lillian Aber, minister of state for relief, disaster preparedness and refugees, told the parliament …
Read More »Absa Bank Uganda donates shs100 million to Uganda Red Cross towards immediate disaster relief for victims of Lusanja Kiteezi landslide
KAMPALA, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Absa Bank Uganda has today handed over a donation worth UGX100 million to the Uganda Red Cross Society to boost immediate disaster relief to households affected by the Lusanja Kiteezi landfill slide. The funds will go towards strengthening the disaster response by funding the …
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