KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | The Ugandan police said Tuesday there are still more people trapped under the waste mass, following the landslide of the Kiteezi landfill in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, Saturday morning. Patrick Onyango, spokesperson for the Kampala Metropolitan Police, told Xinhua by telephone that police are …
Read More »Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Executive Director of the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) Akankwasah Barirega has criticized landfilling as an outdated waste management practice unsuitable for the modern era. “Landfilling of waste in the 21st century is backwardness,” Barirega remarked in Kampala on Monday. Barirega’s comments follow …
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COMMENT | GODWIN TOKO | It is impossible to describe the magnitude of tragedy that befell Kiteezi and Lusanja in a tweet. However, the picture below captures, in part, the mountain of rubbish that peeled off on Saturday morning. This (photograph below) is what is left of it, in the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A downpour in most parts of Kampala and Wakiso districts has disrupted the third day of rescue operations at the collapsed Kiteezi landfill. Until mid-afternoon, joint rescue efforts by Uganda Police Rescue Services, Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), and the Ministry of Transport and …
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The names of those retrieved are: 1.Nasser 2. Nuwary Kironde 3. Sam Kajubi 4. Meddy Mubiru 5. Shamon Muhammed 6. Halima Nakalume 7. Mulikedete Phiona 8. 3 months old baby of Mukadete 9. Kasule James 10. Mukose Emmanuel 11. Grace daughter 2 Anne Maria 12. Brenda Kawuki 13. Sharon House …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Deputy IGG Ann Twino Muhairwe has ordered the arrest of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Head of Public and Corporate Affairs, Daniel NuweAbiine, for obstructing investigations into the garbage slide at Kiteezi. NuweAbiine reportedly instructed KCCA officers who recorded statements not to sign. The arrests …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the UPDF Special Forces to assist in the rescue at Kiteezi landfill that collapsed and killed unknown numbers of people. He also directed the State House Comptroller to financially assist the families of those who died with Sh.5million per …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eng. David Luyimbazi, Deputy Executive Director of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), has revealed that although KCCA was aware that the Kiteezi landfill had reached its maximum capacity, they were unable to relocate due to insufficient funding. KCCA’s Public Health Directorate 2023 site visit report recommended that …
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KAMPALA, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rescue operations at the Kiteeezi landfill collapse, which buried more than 30 houses and animals, were hampered by limited equipment, with only two excavators deployed by the fire and rescue services and KCCA. A devastating tragedy struck on Saturday morning at 7:40 AM, resulting in …
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KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | At least eight people, including two children, were killed following a landslide at a garbage dump in Uganda’s central district of Wakiso on Saturday. The Kampala Capital City Authority, the manager of the city waste, said the Saturday morning landslide came after torrential rains. “The …
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