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In only a matter of months, Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) says it will turn Ddundu dumpsite in Mukono into a waste-to-energy recycling plant.

KCCA deputy executive director David Luyimbazi told this newspaper yesterday that Ddundu is not going to be a normal landfill.

“It is going to be a waste-to-energy [recycling] plant. It is one place where garbage is going to be processed and turned into energy, briquettes, fertilizers, manure, and name it; basically for recycling waste,’’ he said in an interview.

“We have two investors ready and are doing their case studies right now. One has finished, the other is yet to start; but we are looking to establish a factory before the end of year,’’ Mr Luyimbazi added.

A huge waste dump hill at Kiteezi, in Kasangati Town Council, Wakiso District, which served Kampala City and neighbouring municipalities, collapsed on August 10. The disaster claimed 35 lives, with more than 14 victims rescued and 28 feared buried under the garbage sludge, with properties worth millions lost.

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