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The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) deputy Executive Director, Mr David Luyimbazi, has said the Authority is yet to find an alternative dumping site for the city’s garbage.

Mr Luyimbazi said they are seeking the intervention of the Cabinet, which is meeting today at State House Entebbe, to address the four-day ultimatum issued by the Entebbe Municipal Council on Friday to stop dumping garbage at the Nkumba–Bufulu landfill.

“We don’t have an alternative, we are depending on the Cabinet seating on Monday (today). This is a national issue, it is no longer an issue of Kampala. It is a regional issue, Kiteezi serves Wakiso, Kira, Makindye Ssabagabo, Mukono and Kampala, it’s a greater Kampala Metropolitan issue, it’s a national, we are hoping Cabinet will make a decision where we go,” he said in an interview with Daily Monitor yesterday.

He added: “Even where they are chasing us, that land was bought with government money. That landfill was not bought with the mayor’s or councillors money. Nansana didn’t buy Menvu with their own money, it was government money so this is a national issue where the government must help us prevail over these jurisdictions to conduct themselves in a peaceful way otherwise the city is choking.”

The ultimatum was issued after a Friday closed-door extraordinary full council meeting called by Entebbe Municipality Mayor Fabrice Rulinda to discuss a request from KCCA to dispose of solid waste at the Nkumba-Bufulu dumpsite for three months.

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