Alex Bukumunhe
11 January 2009
Kampala — MUKONO district lacks toilets in the main administrative departments. The toilets at the treasury have been out of use for two years while the local administration Police station and the education department have not had good toilets for years.
In 2004, Crest Tank donated mobile toilets to the two departments but no renovation has been done since that time.
The latrine at Mukono Community Centre has developed cracks. Three years ago, an Ecosan toilet was constructed at the centre at a cost of sh100m, but it was closed weeks after the district failed to acquire a steady supply of ash that could be used instead of water.
The education officer, Godfrey Serwanja, said: "We had planned to build pit latrines but we were advised to construct flush toilets because Mukono is moving towards becoming a municipality."
He said sh30m would be used to construct the toilet during the next financial year.
Yosa Kazimwoto, the senior health inspector, said the mobile toilets at the education department were initially for the special needs education department, but were later turned into general office toilets.
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