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Uganda: Kabale Town Buys Buveera to Promote Hygiene
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The Monitor (Kampala)
14 May 2008
Posted to the web 14 May 2008
Robert Muhereza
Kabale
In a bid to promote hygiene in Kabale town, municipality authorities have started buying a kilogramme of used buveera (polythene bags) littered in town at Shs2,000.
The Senior Assistant Town Clerk for Central Division, Mr Christopher Ahimbisibwe, is spearheading the programme. Speaking to journalists on Saturday he said used polythene bags are a menace in Kabale town.
He said the town council has already approved a resolution that any person found throwing buveera or any rubbish on the streets of Kabale pays a Shs50,000 fine.
"We have started buying a kilogramme of used polythene bags at Shs2, 000 , " Mr Ahimbisibwe said. " Our motive is to ban them to keep our town clean and save the environment ". He said law enforcement officers have been put on stand by to implement the directive of keeping the town clean. Mr Ahimbisibwe said a directive has been issued to all shopkeepers to provide dust bins outside their shops for their clients to dispose of garbage.
He also explained that buying used buveera shall go on for about four months and after that period the enforcement officers shall raid shops selling polythene bags and impound them. Mr Ahimbisibwe said his division is working on a Shs952m project with the area MP, Mr Serapio Rukundo aimed at redesigning the water drainage channels to handle rain water that becomes a big problem during the rainy season. The Deputy Mayor of the municipality, Ms Joweria Kakoza said the council has agreed with National Water and Sewerage Corporation officials to connect about 30-commercial houses on Kabale-Kisoro Road to their main sewerage line because the manholes have always been washed away by rains.
She said the World Bank has donated 20portable garbage skips to Kabale Municipality to help in the collection of garbage. The World Bank also promised to donate a truck that is specifically designed for garbage collection. "Our target is to have a beautiful town with healthy people," Ms Ahimbisibwe said. "Once proper hygiene is observed, there will be no disease among our people" .
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Ms Ahimbisibwe revealed that the municipal council has banned the grazing of domestic animals with the town center and resolved to punish the offenders by levying a fine ranging from Shs10,000 to Shs20,000.
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