Browsing by Author "Boerhannoeddin, Ali"

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Division Solid Waste Generation and Composition in Kampala Capital City Authority, Uganda
(IOSR Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology (IOSR-JESTFT), 2014-10) Nabukeera, M. Sebyala; Boerhannoeddin, Ali; Noriza, Raja
Recognition of waste generation trends and composition is a significant phase towards planning, policy making, budget allocation, management and improving the state of solid waste for any particular country. The objective of this paper therefore was to discover the generation of waste by the five divisions of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and private sector as a quick fix to guide policy makers to make informed decisions in proper management of waste in Kampala. In this paper, a qualitative method was used mainly observation and a few available documents. The researcher and research assistants recorded every refuse truck that off loaded at Kitezi Sanitary Landfill 24 hours a day for a period of one financial year (from July 2012-June 2013). The aim was to determine the number of tonnes per vehicle since the weigh bridge was nonfunctional. The waste tonnage was determined on the basis of the weigh bridge’s archived information and with this information, the total waste produced by each division (daily, weekly and monthly) was quantified. Results indicate that KCCA, a government representative body entrusted to manage Kampala, collects the biggest percentage of waste (64.36%) generated compared to private sector (35.64%), Furthermore, Central Division generates the highest tonnage of waste (64.171 tonnes) per year compared to other Divisions. In conclusion we propose that government allocates funds according to percentage generation of waste and on this basis, KCCA needs to place emphasis on reducing waste generation by encouraging sustainable reuse and recycling as well as addressing key success factors that include expertise, awareness of the public, strengthening partnerships to pool resources and promoting advanced technology
Experiences, associated capabilities and responsibilities of Landfill Management in Kampala Capital City authority Uganda
(Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology (IOSR-JESTFT), 2015-10) Nabukeera, M. Sebyala; Noriza, Raja; Boerhannoeddin, Ali
Landfills are common dumping places for garbage in many poor and developing countries.Even thought they are associated to environment risks, they remain the preffered means of waste due to their economic factor. Semi structured interviews were conducted with 19 employees of Kitezi landfill between June and November 2013 and they shared their lived experiences of the landfill daily tasks, sustainability ,achievements,mainteanance of infrastructure, control, treatment and monitoring of leachate, quality control, achievements of landfill under KCCA ,continued challenges and recommendations. Results show relatively high pH, Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Conductivity and extremely low Oxidation-Reduction Potentials (ORP) for Leachate and its path through Bitarabeho’s Farm.Though proud of their contribution for a period of over 10 years, , they were concerned about their long term health outcome.The lived experiences provided rich insights into the experiences of landfill management and exposed the pending challenges for poor developing country like Uganda.
Recentralization of Kampala City Administration in Uganda
(Sage, 2015-09) Nabukeera, M. Sebyala; Bwengye, Micheal; Boerhannoeddin, Ali; Noriza, Raja
The government disseminated a new constitution in 1995 with the provision on decentralization of Article 176 2 (b) that acted shortly before the rebirth of the local government act in 1997. Devolution as a form of decentralization transferred both political and administrative powers from the center to lower local councils specially to handle the responsibility of service delivery. Following the approval of the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Act 2010, the city’s administration reverted to the central government. Detractors of decentralization allege that the conveyance in the policy and legislation for change of Kampala city administration was timely because decentralization failed to deliver desired services to residents. This article contends that recentralization of Kampala city administration was a necessary evil, it decreased the autonomy of sub-national governments in civil service administration, eroded accountability to the electorates, and transferred the allegiance of the accounting officer from local governments with and for which they work to the central government that designates and positions. To inflame accountability in local governments, the article champions for the reexamining of the KCCA Act 2010 to allow power sharing between the mayor and executive director to enhance bottom-up accountability, checks and balances, and for participation of central government in appointing of executive director to allow financial and security support. It additionally requests for a reconsideration of the 9th Parliament to lobby for the amendments owing to challenges in its implementation and impact on accountability
Sustainable Management of KCCA Mpererwe Landfill
(IOSR Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology (IOSR-JESTFT), 2014-11) Nabukeera, M. Sebyala; Boerhannoeddin, Ali; Noriza, Raja
Approximately 1500 tonnes are dumped at Kitezi landfill presently in Uganda, due to increased daily generation of solid waste. Although this state of affairs calls for improvement of the practices at the landfill in a sustainable manner to safeguard the environment and uphold public health, the required technology for the landfill is yet to be attained. The aim of this paper is to ascertain and assess the growth and tendencies in landfil utilization in Uganda. In 1970s management of solid was characterized by the use of the traditional open dumping sites normally found in the suburbs of the city, an approach that was suitable since the population was still low. The period from 1986 embraced a decentralized system of management that was accompanied with rapid construction of residential structures and a reduction in spaces for open dumping. This called for a more organized system for solid waste management. Thus waste management became a responsibility of the five divisions under Kampala Capital City Authority. In early1990s, outsourcing of solid waste management services in all divisions of KCCA was witnessed and in 1996 the first sanitary landfill was launched at Kitezi as the only engineered landfill (called ‘Kitezi Landfill’) for municipal waste. In 2005 the landfill became a nuisance because of bad odour, vermin and this was made worse by scavengers who scattered waste in the neighborhood. In 1999 the National environment regulation for Uganda was implemented for municipal waste to enable cleaner production methods, licenses and to devolve power for inspecting the environment. Although implementation of the regulations is yet to yield modest results, it is clear that it was big step towards a positive foundation establishing a sustainable disposal and solid waste management system in Uganda. Key