On Wednesday, March 5th, 2025, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni commissioned the first lot of the four-lane Kampala flyover built by the government of Uganda with support from the Japan International Cooperation Agency, a Japanese government development agency.
While commissioning the latest infrastructural achievement, President Museveni applauded the Japanese government for the development cooperation with Uganda and said they will soon start the construction of a new bridge at Karuma Falls.
A short aerial clip of the newly built Kampala flyover that was commissioned by President Museveni on Wednesday.
President Museveni emphasized the importance of having a clean city free from littering, noting that this could only be achieved once road users and city dwellers are disciplined.
According to Museveni, Kampala City dwellers and road users should stop littering streets, specifically the Kampala Flyover.
Following the President’s directive, the Kampala Capital City Authority will now have to embark on strategies to enforce cleanliness within the city. Museveni guided KCCA managers to develop effective plans to keep the city clean.
“I urged KCCA, the group in charge of maintaining this and other city projects, to work well with the public. It’s important to get everyone involved in keeping the city clean and stopping bad habits like throwing trash and littering the city, which blocks the drainage system. I congratulate Ugandans on this milestone,” Museveni said.
In his analysis, the Kampala City we all want must have a good, usable road network and should be hygienically clean with no one littering around.
“Littering, especially with polythene bags and all sorts of rubbish, blocks drainage. KCCA should work with police and use CCTV cameras to catch offenders,” he said.
The primary problems with garbage management in Kampala include poor public awareness about proper waste disposal, limited recycling options, and a lack of effective regulation and enforcement, all exacerbated by rapid population growth and urbanization, leading to significant environmental and health concerns.
Others are inadequate waste collection services due to a lack of garbage trucks and insufficient infrastructure to handle the growing waste volume.
Kampala generates more waste than its current collection system can manage, with a shortage of garbage trucks and limited collection routes, resulting in uncollected waste accumulating in neighborhoods.
Many residents lack knowledge about proper waste segregation and disposal methods, contributing to improper waste management.
