The President of Uganda, His Excellency Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has directed the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to expedite the handover of the Kiteezi Landfill to Zoomlion Ghana Limited a subsidiary of the Jospong Group of Companies.
The directive, issued during a high-profile meeting at the State House in Entebbe, will allow the Ghana-based company with “vast experience in waste and landfill management” will give an opportunity to begin decommissioning works at the landfill site.
The President, speaking to a delegation from the Jospong Group led by it’s Executive Chairman, Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong, expressed his unwavering confidence in the Jospong brand, praising its expertise in waste management, particularly in recycling and composting. President Museveni emphasized that Jospong’s Integrated Recycling and Composting initiatives represent a bold and much-needed approach to tackling Africa’s long-standing waste management challenges.
The meeting was attended by several high-ranking officials of the Group, including Florence Larbi, Chief Operating Officer of Jospong’s Environment and Sanitation (E&S) cluster, Haidar Said, Executive Director of E&S, and Peter Dagadu, Project Lead for Zoomlion Uganda. Also present at the meeting were key Ugandan government officials made up of the Minister for Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs, Minsa Kabanda, Minister for Kampala, Joseph Kyofatogabye Kabuye, and acting KCCA Executive Director, Frank Rusa.
The President’s directive follows reports of delays from KCCA officials over legal concerns surrounding the landfill handover. Earlier in the week, Minister Kabanda had urged city authorities to proceed with the transfer of the site to Jospong, stressing the urgent need to engage the surrounding community and commence operations by March 2024.
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