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The national legislator for the elderly in the 11th Parliament, Ms Peggy Joy Waako, has called upon the government to construct modern sitting toilets for the elderly across different public places in the country.

Speaking to reporters ahead of the Social Protection Month, which has kicked off today, Ms Waako said many elders, especially in villages, find it hard to ease themselves because of the nature of the toilets.

“Most toilets, especially in villages are not user-friendly for elders and we applaud the government for trying hard to ensure that there are both squatting and sitting toilets in most public places. Elders like myself cannot use those squatting toilets that is why we as social protection have tried to sensitise the public to build such toilets for the elderly,” she said.

The elders, Ms Waako said, need to be treated with special care because of the weak nature of their bodies.

Elderly people, aged 60 years and above, make up five percent of the 45.9 million Uganda’s population, according to the 2024 National Population and Housing Census preliminary results that were released by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (Ubos) in June this year.

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