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Garbage Overwhelms Towns After First National Cleaning Day
Kampala, Uganda, July 27, 2026 - After the first statutory national Cleaning Day, heaps of rotting waste lined roadsides from Kampala to Mbale, blocking businesses, disrupting traffic and releasing strong odours.
Kampala, Uganda, July 27, 2026 - After the first statutory national Cleaning Day, heaps of rotting waste lined roadsides from Kampala to Mbale, blocking businesses, disrupting traffic and releasing strong odours.
What began as a mobilisation for civic sanitation exposed weak collection capacity as authorities admitted they struggled to evacuate the volumes generated.
Traders said the aftermath undercut the exercise’s public-health goals.
This detail was included in the mid-to-late July UGANDA briefing.
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